Pulmonology

1. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

2. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

3. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

4. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

5. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

6. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

9. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

10. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

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

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

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

16. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

18. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

19. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

20. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

22. Clubbing is present in all except:

23. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

25. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

26. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

28. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

30. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

31. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

32. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

34. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

38. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

39. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

41. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

43. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

44. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

45. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

47. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

49. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

50. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in: