Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

3. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

4. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

6. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

7. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

9. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

10. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

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

13. Brassy cough is seen in:

14. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

15. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

17. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

18. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

19. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

20. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

21. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

22. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

23. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

24. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

25. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

26. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

27. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

28. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

31. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

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

33. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

36. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

37. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

38. Emphysema is associated with all except:

39. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

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

41. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

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

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

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

46. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

48. Viral pneumonia may have:

49. Asbestosis is not related to:

50. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except: