Pulmonology

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

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

3. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

4. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

5. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

6. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

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

8. Stridor is characteristically found in:

9. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

11. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

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

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

14. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

16. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

18. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

19. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

20. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

21. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

23. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

24. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

25. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

27. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

29. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

30. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

32. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

35. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

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

37. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

38. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

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

42. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

43. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

44. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

45. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

46. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

48. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

49. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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