Pulmonology

1. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

2. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

4. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

6. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

9. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

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

11. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

13. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

14. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

15. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

17. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

18. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

19. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

20. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

21. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

22. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

23. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

24. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

29. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

31. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

33. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

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

35. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

37. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

39. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

40. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

43. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

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

47. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

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