Pulmonology

1. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

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

5. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

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

10. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

11. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

13. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

16. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

17. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

18. Asbestosis is not related to:

19. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

22. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

24. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

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

29. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

30. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

33. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

34. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

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

38. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

39. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

40. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

41. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

42. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

43. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

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

45. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

46. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

47. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

48. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

50. Stridor is characteristically found in: