Pulmonology

1. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

2. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

3. Bradypnoea is associated with:

4. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

5. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

6. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

11. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

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

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

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

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

16. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

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

18. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

20. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

21. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

22. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

23. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

24. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

25. Emphysema is associated with all except:

26. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

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

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

29. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

30. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

31. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

33. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

34. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

36. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

37. All are features of hypercapnia except:

38. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

39. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

40. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

42. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

43. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

44. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

46. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

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

48. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

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

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