Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

9. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

10. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

11. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

12. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

14. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

15. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

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

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

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

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

20. Viral pneumonia may have:

21. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

22. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

23. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

25. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

26. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

27. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

28. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

29. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

30. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

31. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

32. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

33. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

38. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

39. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

40. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

41. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

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

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

46. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

47. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

48. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

49. Clubbing is present in all except:

50. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by: