Pulmonology

1. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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

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

4. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

5. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

6. Brassy cough is seen in:

7. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

10. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

11. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

15. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

17. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

19. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

21. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

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

23. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

24. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

27. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

29. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

30. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

31. Hypercarbia is associated with:

32. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

33. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

34. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

35. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

36. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

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

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

39. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

40. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

42. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

43. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

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

45. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

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

49. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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