Pulmonology

1. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

3. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

6. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

7. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

11. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

13. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

14. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

19. All are features of hypercapnia except:

20. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

21. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

22. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

23. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

24. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

25. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

26. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

28. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

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

32. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

33. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

34. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

36. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

37. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

38. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

40. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

42. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

43. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

45. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

46. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

48. Which is false regarding emphysema?

49. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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