Pulmonology

1. Stridor is characteristically found in:

2. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

3. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

4. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

5. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

6. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

11. Clubbing is present in all except:

12. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

13. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

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

16. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

18. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

19. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

21. Viral pneumonia may have:

22. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

24. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

26. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

28. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

29. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

30. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

31. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

32. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

41. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

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

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

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

45. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

47. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

50. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is: