Pulmonology

1. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

2. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

3. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

6. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

7. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

9. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

10. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

11. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

13. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

14. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

17. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

19. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

20. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

21. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

22. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

23. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

24. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

27. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

28. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

29. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

30. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

32. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

34. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

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

38. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

39. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

40. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

41. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

42. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

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

46. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

48. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

49. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

50. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?