Pulmonology

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

2. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

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

6. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

8. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

10. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

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

12. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

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

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

15. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

17. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

19. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

21. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

22. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

23. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

24. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

27. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

31. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

34. Clubbing is present in all except:

35. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

37. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

38. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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

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

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

42. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

43. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

47. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

49. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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