Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

4. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

5. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

6. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

7. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

8. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

10. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

11. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

12. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

13. Bradypnoea is associated with:

14. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

15. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

16. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

17. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

18. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

19. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

20. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

21. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

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

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

24. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

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

26. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

27. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

28. Which is false regarding emphysema?

29. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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

31. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

32. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

33. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

34. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

35. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

36. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

38. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

39. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

40. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

41. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

42. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

43. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

44. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

45. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

46. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

47. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

48. Clubbing is present in all except:

49. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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