Pulmonology

1. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

3. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

4. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

5. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

8. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

9. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

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

15. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

16. All are features of hypercapnia except:

17. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

18. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

19. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

20. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

23. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

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

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

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

27. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

28. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

29. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

31. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

32. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

34. Bradypnoea is associated with:

35. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

37. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

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

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

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

42. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

43. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

44. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

45. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

46. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

48. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

49. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

50. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of: