Pulmonology

1. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

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

3. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

4. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

6. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

7. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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

11. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

13. Which is false regarding emphysema?

14. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

16. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

17. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

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

21. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

22. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

23. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

24. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

25. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

31. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

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

35. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

36. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

38. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

39. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

40. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

42. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

44. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

45. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

48. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

49. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

50. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of: