Pulmonology

1. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

2. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

3. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

4. Brassy cough is seen in:

5. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

7. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

8. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

10. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

11. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

12. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

13. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

15. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

16. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

18. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

20. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

23. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

26. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

27. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

28. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

29. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

32. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

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

34. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

35. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

36. Viral pneumonia may have:

37. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

39. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

40. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

41. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

48. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

50. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is: