Pulmonology

1. Stridor is characteristically found in:

2. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

5. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

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

7. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

9. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

11. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

13. Viral pneumonia may have:

14. Clubbing is present in all except:

15. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

16. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

17. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

18. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

21. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

23. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

26. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

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

30. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

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

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

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

36. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

38. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

40. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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

42. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

43. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

44. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

47. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

48. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

49. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

50. Clubbing occurs earliest with: