Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

4. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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

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

7. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

10. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

12. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

13. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

14. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

15. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

18. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

19. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

20. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

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

22. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

23. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

25. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

26. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

29. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

32. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

33. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

35. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

36. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

37. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

39. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

41. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

42. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

43. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

44. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

45. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

47. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

48. Asbestosis is not related to:

49. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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