Pulmonology

1. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

2. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

3. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

4. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

6. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

7. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

8. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

10. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

12. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

14. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

16. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

17. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

18. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

19. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

20. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

21. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

22. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

23. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

24. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

25. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

26. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

28. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

30. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

31. Brassy cough is seen in:

32. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

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

36. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

38. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

39. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

41. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

42. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

43. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

45. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

46. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

47. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

48. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

49. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

50. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is: