Pulmonology

1. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

6. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

10. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

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

14. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

16. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

17. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

19. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

22. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

25. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

27. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

28. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

29. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

31. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

32. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

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

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

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

38. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

39. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

41. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

43. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

45. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

46. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

47. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

48. Emphysema is associated with all except:

49. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

50. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except: