Pulmonology

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

2. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

4. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

5. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

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

7. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

8. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

9. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

11. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

12. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

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

16. Brassy cough is seen in:

17. Stridor is characteristically found in:

18. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

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

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

21. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

24. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

27. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

30. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

32. Clubbing is present in all except:

33. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

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

35. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

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

38. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

39. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

41. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

42. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

45. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

46. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

49. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

50. Stridor is not a manifestation of: