Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

5. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

6. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

7. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

9. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

10. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

11. Hypercarbia is associated with:

12. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

13. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

16. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

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

20. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

21. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

22. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

24. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

26. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

29. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

32. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

33. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

34. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

37. Clubbing is present in all except:

38. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

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

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

43. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

45. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

47. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

49. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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