Pulmonology

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

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

3. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

5. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

6. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

7. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

8. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

9. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

11. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

12. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

13. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

15. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

16. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

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

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

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

22. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

23. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

24. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

26. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

28. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

32. Hypercarbia is associated with:

33. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

34. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

35. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

37. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

38. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

41. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

42. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

43. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

44. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

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

46. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

47. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

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

49. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

50. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in: