Pulmonology

1. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

2. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

3. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

4. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

6. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

7. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

8. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

9. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

10. Viral pneumonia may have:

11. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

12. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

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

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

15. Which is false regarding emphysema?

16. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

18. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

19. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

21. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

22. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

24. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

25. Stridor is characteristically found in:

26. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

28. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

29. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

30. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

34. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

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

38. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

40. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

42. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

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

44. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

45. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

47. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

48. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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