Pulmonology

1. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

4. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

5. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

6. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

9. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

12. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

13. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

14. Asbestosis is not related to:

15. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

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

19. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

20. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

21. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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

23. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

25. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

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

27. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

28. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

29. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

31. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

34. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

35. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

37. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

38. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

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

44. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

46. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

48. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

49. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

50. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to: