Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

2. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

8. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

9. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

11. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

12. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

13. Asbestosis is not related to:

14. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

15. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

16. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

17. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

18. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

19. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

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

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

24. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

25. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

27. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

28. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

31. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

32. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

33. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

34. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

35. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

37. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

38. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

40. Clubbing is present in all except:

41. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

42. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

43. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

45. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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

47. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

48. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

49. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

50. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of: