Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

5. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

6. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

7. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

9. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

10. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

11. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

13. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

15. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

16. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

17. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

21. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

24. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

25. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

28. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

29. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

30. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

32. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

34. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

35. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

38. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

42. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

44. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

46. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

47. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

49. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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