Pulmonology

1. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

2. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

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

13. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

14. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

15. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

17. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

18. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

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

23. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

24. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

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

28. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

29. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

30. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

31. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

32. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

34. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

37. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

39. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

40. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

42. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

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

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

45. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

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

49. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

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