Pulmonology

1. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

2. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

3. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

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

5. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

6. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

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

8. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

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

12. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

14. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

15. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

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

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

21. Hypercarbia is associated with:

22. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

24. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

25. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

26. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

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

30. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

32. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

33. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

34. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

35. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

37. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

38. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

39. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

40. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

41. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

42. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

43. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

46. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

47. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

48. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

50. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except: