Pulmonology

1. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

2. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

3. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

4. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

5. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

7. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

8. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

9. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

10. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

12. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

15. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

18. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

19. Hypercarbia is associated with:

20. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

21. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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

23. Asbestosis is not related to:

24. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

26. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

27. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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

29. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

30. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

31. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

32. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

33. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

34. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

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

36. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

37. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

38. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

39. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

42. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

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

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

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

46. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

50. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?