Pulmonology

1. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

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

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

4. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

6. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

9. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

12. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

15. Which is false regarding emphysema?

16. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

17. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

18. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

19. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

20. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

21. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

22. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

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

26. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

28. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

29. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

30. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

31. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

33. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

34. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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

36. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

37. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

38. Bradypnoea is associated with:

39. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

41. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

42. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

44. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

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

46. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

47. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

48. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

49. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

50. Brassy cough is seen in: