Pulmonology

1. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

3. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

4. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

5. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

6. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

7. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

9. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

11. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

17. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

19. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

21. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

22. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

23. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

24. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

26. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

28. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

29. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

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

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

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

33. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

34. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

35. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

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

37. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

46. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

48. Hypercarbia is associated with:

49. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

50. All are true in pneumomediastinum except: