Pulmonology

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

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

3. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

4. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

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

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

9. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

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

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

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

13. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

14. Brassy cough is seen in:

15. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

16. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

18. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

22. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

23. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

25. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

27. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

28. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

29. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

32. Emphysema is associated with all except:

33. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

37. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

38. Bradypnoea is associated with:

39. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

40. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

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

42. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

45. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

46. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

47. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

49. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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