Pulmonology

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

2. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

3. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

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

5. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

8. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

9. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

11. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

12. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

13. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

14. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

15. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

16. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

17. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

18. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

19. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

20. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

21. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

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

25. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

28. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

31. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

32. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

33. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

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

37. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

39. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

40. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

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

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

45. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

46. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

49. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

50. Viral pneumonia may have: