Pulmonology

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

2. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

3. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

4. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

6. Emphysema is associated with all except:

7. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

8. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

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

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

11. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

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

14. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

15. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

16. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

17. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

19. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

20. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

21. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

29. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

30. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

31. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

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

33. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

34. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

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

38. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

40. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

44. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

45. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

46. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

48. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

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

50. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately: