Pulmonology

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

2. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

5. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

6. All are features of hypercapnia except:

7. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

8. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

11. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

12. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

14. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

15. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

17. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

19. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

20. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

21. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

22. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

23. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

24. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

25. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

28. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

30. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

31. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

43. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

45. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

48. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

50. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is: