Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

3. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

4. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

5. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

6. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

8. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

9. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

12. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

14. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

15. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

17. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

18. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

21. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

24. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

28. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

29. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

30. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

31. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

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

35. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

39. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

40. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

41. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

42. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

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

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

47. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

48. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

50. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies