Pulmonology

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

2. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

3. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

4. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

5. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

7. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

9. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

11. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

12. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

14. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

16. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

17. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

19. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

20. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

21. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

23. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

25. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

28. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

29. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

30. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

32. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

33. Hypercarbia is associated with:

34. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

36. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

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

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

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

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

42. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

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

44. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

45. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

46. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

47. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

48. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

49. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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