Pulmonology

1. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

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

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

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

5. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

6. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

7. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

8. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

10. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

12. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

13. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

14. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

15. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

16. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

17. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

19. Emphysema is associated with all except:

20. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

32. Hypercarbia is associated with:

33. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

36. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

38. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

40. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

41. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

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

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

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

47. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

48. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

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