Pulmonology

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

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

3. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

5. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

6. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

7. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

8. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

9. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

10. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

11. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

12. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

13. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

17. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

18. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

21. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

24. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

25. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

28. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

29. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

30. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

32. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

35. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

38. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

39. Brassy cough is seen in:

40. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

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

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

43. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

44. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

45. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

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

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

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

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

50. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except: