Pulmonology

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

2. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

5. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

7. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

9. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

12. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

14. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

16. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

18. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

21. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

22. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

23. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

25. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

27. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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

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

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

31. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

32. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

34. Bradypnoea is associated with:

35. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

37. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

38. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

40. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

43. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

44. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

46. Asbestosis is not related to:

47. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

48. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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