Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

6. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

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

11. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

14. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

15. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

17. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

19. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

21. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

23. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

24. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

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

28. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

30. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

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

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

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

35. All are features of hypercapnia except:

36. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

37. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

41. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

44. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

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

46. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

47. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

48. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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