Pulmonology

1. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

2. Hypercarbia is associated with:

3. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

5. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

7. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

8. Brassy cough is seen in:

9. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

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

15. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

17. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

18. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

20. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

21. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

23. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

29. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

30. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

31. Stridor is characteristically found in:

32. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

33. All are features of hypercapnia except:

34. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

35. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

37. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

38. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

39. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

40. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

41. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

42. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

43. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

44. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

47. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

48. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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

50. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by: