Pulmonology

1. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

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

6. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

7. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

8. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

9. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

10. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

11. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

13. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

16. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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

18. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

19. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

20. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

22. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

25. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

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

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

30. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

32. All are features of hypercapnia except:

33. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

34. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

37. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

40. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

41. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

42. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

43. Clubbing is present in all except:

44. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

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

48. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

49. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

50. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is: