Pulmonology

1. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

2. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

3. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

4. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

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

7. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

9. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

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

11. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

12. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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

16. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

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

20. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

21. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

22. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

23. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

25. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

26. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

27. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

28. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

31. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

32. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

33. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

35. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

36. Clubbing is present in all except:

37. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

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

41. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

42. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

43. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

44. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

45. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

47. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

49. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

50. Calcification of pleura is not seen in: