Pulmonology

1. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

2. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

4. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

8. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

10. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

12. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

14. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

16. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

17. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

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

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

20. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

21. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

22. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

25. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

29. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

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

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

34. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

35. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

36. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

38. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

40. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

43. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

46. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

47. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

48. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

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

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