Pulmonology

1. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

2. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

3. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

4. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

6. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

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

10. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

12. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

14. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

16. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

17. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

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

31. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

32. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

33. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

34. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

38. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

39. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

42. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

43. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

44. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

45. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

46. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

50. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except: