Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

4. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

5. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

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

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

10. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

11. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

12. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

13. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

16. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

19. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

22. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

23. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

24. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

26. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

27. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

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

29. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

32. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

33. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

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

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

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

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

38. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

39. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

40. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

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

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

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

44. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

46. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

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

50. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in: