Pulmonology

1. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

3. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

5. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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

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

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

9. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

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

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

13. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

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

15. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

16. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

18. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

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

22. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

23. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

24. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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

26. All are features of hypercapnia except:

27. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

28. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

30. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

31. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

32. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

33. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

34. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

36. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

37. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

40. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

43. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

44. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

45. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

47. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

49. Clubbing is present in all except:

50. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in: