Pulmonology

1. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

2. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

3. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

4. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

6. Asbestosis is not related to:

7. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

9. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

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

15. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

18. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

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

20. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

22. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

24. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

25. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

26. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

28. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

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

30. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

31. Clubbing is present in all except:

32. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

33. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

34. Bradypnoea is associated with:

35. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

37. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

38. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

39. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

41. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

43. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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

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

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

47. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

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

49. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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