Pulmonology

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

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

3. Viral pneumonia may have:

4. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

6. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

7. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

10. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

13. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

15. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

16. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

17. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

18. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

22. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

23. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

24. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

25. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

29. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

32. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

34. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

36. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

37. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

40. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

41. Which is false regarding emphysema?

42. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

44. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

45. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

47. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

49. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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