Pulmonology

1. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

2. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

4. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

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

6. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

7. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

8. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

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

12. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

14. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

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

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

17. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

18. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

19. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

22. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

23. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

24. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

25. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

27. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

28. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

29. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

30. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

31. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

32. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

35. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

36. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

39. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

40. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

42. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

43. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

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

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

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

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

48. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

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