Pulmonology

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

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

3. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

4. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

5. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

6. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

8. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

10. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

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

12. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

14. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

15. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

17. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

20. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

21. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

23. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

25. Hypercarbia is associated with:

26. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

27. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

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

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

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

33. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

35. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

36. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

39. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

41. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

43. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

45. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

47. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

48. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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