Pulmonology

1. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

2. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

3. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

4. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

6. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

8. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

9. All are features of hypercapnia except:

10. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

12. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

13. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

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

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

16. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

18. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

19. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

21. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

22. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

27. Clubbing is present in all except:

28. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

29. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

30. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

31. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

33. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

35. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

36. Hypercarbia is associated with:

37. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

39. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

40. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

41. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

42. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

43. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

44. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

46. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

47. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

48. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

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

50. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except: