Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

7. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

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

9. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

13. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

14. Emphysema is associated with all except:

15. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

17. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

18. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

21. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

22. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

23. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

24. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

27. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

29. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

31. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

34. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

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

38. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

39. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

40. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

42. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

43. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

46. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

47. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

48. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

50. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?