Pulmonology

1. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

2. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

4. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

6. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

7. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

8. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

10. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

11. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

12. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

13. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

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

15. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

16. Which is false regarding emphysema?

17. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

18. Emphysema is associated with all except:

19. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

20. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

21. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

22. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

23. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

25. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

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

27. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

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

29. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

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

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

32. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

35. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

36. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

37. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

38. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

39. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

41. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

42. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

43. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

44. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

45. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

46. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

47. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

48. Clubbing is present in all except:

49. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

50. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of: