Pulmonology

1. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

2. Stridor is characteristically found in:

3. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

4. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

5. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

6. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

8. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

10. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

11. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

14. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

16. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

18. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

19. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

21. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

22. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

23. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

24. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

27. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

29. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

30. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

32. Asbestosis is not related to:

33. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

34. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

38. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

41. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

42. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

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

47. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

48. All are features of hypercapnia except:

49. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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