Pulmonology

1. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

2. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

3. Asbestosis is not related to:

4. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

5. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

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

8. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

10. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

19. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

20. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

21. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

22. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

24. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

25. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

27. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

28. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

29. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

30. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

31. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

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

33. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

36. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

38. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

42. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

44. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

47. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

48. Bradypnoea is associated with:

49. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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