Pulmonology

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

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

3. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

4. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

5. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

6. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

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

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

11. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

15. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

17. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

20. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

21. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

22. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

23. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

24. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

25. Asbestosis is not related to:

26. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

27. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

29. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

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

34. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

37. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

39. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

41. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

42. Brassy cough is seen in:

43. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

44. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

46. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

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

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

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

50. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in: