Pulmonology

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

2. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

4. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

6. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

7. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

8. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

11. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

12. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

13. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

14. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

15. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

18. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

19. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

21. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

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

23. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

26. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

27. Which is false regarding emphysema?

28. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

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

32. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

33. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

36. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

37. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

38. Stridor is characteristically found in:

39. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

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

43. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

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

48. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

50. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except: