Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

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

6. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

9. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

12. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

13. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

14. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

17. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

18. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

19. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

21. All are features of hypercapnia except:

22. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

25. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

28. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

30. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

32. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

34. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

35. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

38. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

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

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

41. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

43. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

44. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

45. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

47. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

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