Pulmonology

1. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

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

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

4. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

5. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

6. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

7. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

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

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

11. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

12. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

13. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

14. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

17. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

20. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

21. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

22. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

23. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

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

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

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

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

28. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

29. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

32. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

36. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

38. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

39. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

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

41. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

42. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

44. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

45. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

47. All are features of hypercapnia except:

48. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

49. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

50. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?