Pulmonology

1. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

2. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

3. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

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

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

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

9. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

10. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

11. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

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

14. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

15. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

16. Bradypnoea is associated with:

17. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

19. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

22. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

23. Stridor is characteristically found in:

24. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

25. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

27. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

28. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

29. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

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

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

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

33. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

34. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

35. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

36. Clubbing is present in all except:

37. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

39. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

40. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

41. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

43. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

44. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

45. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

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

47. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

48. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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