Pulmonology

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

2. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

3. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

4. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

6. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

8. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

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

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

11. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

12. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

15. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

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

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

20. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

23. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

25. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

26. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

28. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

29. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

30. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

31. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

32. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

33. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

34. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

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

36. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

37. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

38. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

39. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

40. Bradypnoea is associated with:

41. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

43. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

45. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

46. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

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

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

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

50. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except: