Pulmonology

1. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

2. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

3. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

6. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

9. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

11. Asbestosis is not related to:

12. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

13. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

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

17. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

18. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

19. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

21. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

22. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

23. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

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

27. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

30. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

31. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

32. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

33. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

35. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

37. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

39. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

40. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

42. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

43. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

46. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

49. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

50. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in: