Pulmonology

1. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

2. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

3. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

5. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

6. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

7. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

8. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

11. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

13. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

15. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

18. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

22. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

23. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

25. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

27. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

28. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

29. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

32. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

33. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

35. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

37. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

39. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

40. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

42. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

43. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

46. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

47. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

49. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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