Pulmonology

1. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

2. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

4. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

6. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

10. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

12. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

13. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

15. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

18. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

19. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

20. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

22. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

24. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

25. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

28. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

29. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

30. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

31. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

33. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

35. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

36. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

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

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

41. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

42. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

44. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

47. Bradypnoea is associated with:

48. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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