Pulmonology

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

2. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

5. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

6. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

7. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

9. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

10. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

13. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

15. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

16. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

18. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

19. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

21. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

22. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

23. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

25. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

26. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

28. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

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

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

31. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

32. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

33. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

34. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

36. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

38. Emphysema is associated with all except:

39. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

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

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

42. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

44. Asbestosis is not related to:

45. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

46. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

47. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

48. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

49. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

50. Hypercarbia is associated with: