Pulmonology

1. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

2. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

3. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

4. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

6. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

8. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

9. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

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

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

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

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

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

15. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

17. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

18. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

19. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

21. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

22. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

25. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

27. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

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

31. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

34. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

35. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

36. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

37. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

38. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

39. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

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

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

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

45. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

46. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

47. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

48. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

49. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

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