Pulmonology

1. Viral pneumonia may have:

2. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

3. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

5. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

6. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

7. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

9. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

11. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

12. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

13. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

14. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

27. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

28. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

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

32. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

37. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

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

39. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

40. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

41. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

43. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

46. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

48. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

49. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

50. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except: