Pulmonology

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

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

3. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

4. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

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

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

7. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

9. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

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

11. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

12. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

14. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

15. Clubbing is present in all except:

16. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

17. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

18. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

19. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

20. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

21. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

22. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

24. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

25. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

27. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

29. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

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

31. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

33. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

35. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

36. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

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

40. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

41. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

42. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

44. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

45. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

47. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

48. Hypercarbia is associated with:

49. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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