Pulmonology

1. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

2. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

3. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

4. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

7. Clubbing is present in all except:

8. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

10. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

11. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

13. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

14. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

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

16. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

18. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

20. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

21. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

23. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

24. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

26. Bradypnoea is associated with:

27. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

30. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

32. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

35. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

37. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

39. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

42. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

44. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

46. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

47. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

48. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

50. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is: