Pulmonology

1. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

4. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

5. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

7. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

8. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

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

12. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

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

14. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

15. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

18. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

19. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

20. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

21. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

22. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

23. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

28. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

29. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

30. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

31. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

34. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

35. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

36. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

37. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

40. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

41. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

42. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

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

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

45. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

48. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

50. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is: