Pulmonology

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

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

3. Bradypnoea is associated with:

4. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

5. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

6. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

7. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

8. Clubbing is present in all except:

9. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

10. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

11. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

12. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

13. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

15. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

18. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

19. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

21. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

22. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

23. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

24. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

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

28. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

29. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

31. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

33. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

39. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

40. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

42. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

43. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

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

47. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

49. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

50. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?