Pulmonology

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

2. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

3. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

7. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

9. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

12. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

15. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

16. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

17. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

18. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

20. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

21. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

24. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

25. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

28. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

29. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

30. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

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

34. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

35. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

36. Which is false regarding emphysema?

37. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

38. Clubbing is present in all except:

39. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

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

41. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

42. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

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

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

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

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

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

48. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

49. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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