Pulmonology

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

2. Brassy cough is seen in:

3. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

4. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

5. Emphysema is associated with all except:

6. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

9. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

10. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

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

14. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

16. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

18. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

20. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

21. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

22. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

24. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

26. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

27. Hypercarbia is associated with:

28. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

29. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

30. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

31. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

33. Bradypnoea is associated with:

34. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

35. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

37. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

39. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

41. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

42. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

43. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

44. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

45. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

46. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

48. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

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

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