Pulmonology

1. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

4. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

6. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

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

10. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

12. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

13. Bradypnoea is associated with:

14. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

16. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

19. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

22. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

23. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

24. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

25. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

26. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

27. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

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

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

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

33. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

35. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

36. All are features of hypercapnia except:

37. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

38. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

39. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

40. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

41. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

43. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

44. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

45. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

46. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

49. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

50. Lung abscess is not a complication of: