Pulmonology

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

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

3. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

5. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

11. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

14. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

17. Which is false regarding emphysema?

18. Asbestosis is not related to:

19. Clubbing is present in all except:

20. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

23. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

24. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

25. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

26. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

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

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

32. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

34. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

35. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

36. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

39. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

40. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

42. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

43. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

44. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

46. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

47. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

48. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

49. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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