Pulmonology

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

2. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

4. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

5. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

7. Which is false regarding emphysema?

8. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

10. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

11. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

12. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

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

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

15. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

16. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

18. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

20. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

22. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

24. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

26. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

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

30. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

31. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

33. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

34. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

35. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

37. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

38. Emphysema is associated with all except:

39. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

40. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

41. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

43. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

44. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

45. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

46. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

48. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

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

50. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by: