Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

5. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

6. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

8. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

9. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

11. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

13. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

14. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

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

18. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

20. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

21. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

22. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

24. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

25. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

27. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

28. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

29. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

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

31. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

32. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

33. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

34. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

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

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

37. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

38. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

39. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

41. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

42. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

43. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

44. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

45. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

46. Brassy cough is seen in:

47. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

50. All are features of hypercapnia except: