Pulmonology

1. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

5. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

8. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

11. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

12. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

14. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

16. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

18. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

21. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

23. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

25. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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

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

28. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

29. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

30. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

31. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

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

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

34. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

36. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

38. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

39. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

40. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

41. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

43. Stridor is characteristically found in:

44. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

45. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

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

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

48. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

49. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

50. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except: