Pulmonology

1. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

2. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

5. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

6. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

7. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

8. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

9. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

11. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

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

13. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

14. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

15. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

18. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

19. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

20. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

21. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

23. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

24. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

25. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

28. Which is false regarding emphysema?

29. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

31. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

33. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

34. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

36. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

37. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

38. Bradypnoea is associated with:

39. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

42. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

43. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

45. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

46. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

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

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