Pulmonology

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

2. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

3. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

4. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

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

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

10. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

11. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

14. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

16. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

18. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

19. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

20. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

21. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

22. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

25. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

28. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

29. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

30. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

31. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

33. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

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

37. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

38. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

41. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

42. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

44. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

45. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

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

50. The earliest sign of clubbing is: