Pulmonology

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

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

3. Bradypnoea is associated with:

4. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

6. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

7. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

9. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

10. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

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

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

13. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

14. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

17. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

19. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

20. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

22. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

23. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

24. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

25. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

26. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

27. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

29. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

32. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

34. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

35. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

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

37. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

38. Stridor is characteristically found in:

39. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

41. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

43. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

45. Brassy cough is seen in:

46. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

48. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

49. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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