Pulmonology

1. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

2. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

3. Hypercarbia is associated with:

4. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

5. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

6. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

7. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

8. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

9. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

10. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

11. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

12. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

13. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

14. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

15. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

16. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

17. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

18. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

19. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

20. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

21. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

22. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

23. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

24. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

25. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

26. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

27. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

28. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

29. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

30. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

31. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

32. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

33. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

34. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

35. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

36. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

37. Stridor is characteristically found in:

38. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

39. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

40. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

41. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

42. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

43. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

44. Bradypnoea is associated with:

45. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

46. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

47. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

48. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

49. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

50. Which is false regarding emphysema?