Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

5. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

8. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

9. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

10. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

11. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

13. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

15. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

21. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

23. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

24. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

25. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

26. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

27. All are features of hypercapnia except:

28. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

29. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

31. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

34. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

35. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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

37. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

40. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

43. Emphysema is associated with all except:

44. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

45. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

46. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

47. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

50. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by: