Pulmonology

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

2. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

3. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

5. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

6. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

7. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

9. Emphysema is associated with all except:

10. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

11. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

12. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

13. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

14. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

15. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

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

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

20. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

21. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

24. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

25. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

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

27. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

28. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

29. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

30. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

32. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

35. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

36. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

38. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

39. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

40. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

41. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

42. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

43. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

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

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

46. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

48. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

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

50. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is: