Pulmonology

1. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

4. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

5. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

6. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

7. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

9. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

12. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

14. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

16. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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

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

21. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

22. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

23. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

24. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

25. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

26. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

27. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

28. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

30. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

31. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

32. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

36. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

39. Stridor is characteristically found in:

40. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

41. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

43. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

46. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

47. Hypercarbia is associated with:

48. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

50. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in: