Pulmonology

1. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

2. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

4. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

5. Stridor is characteristically found in:

6. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

8. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

11. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

14. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

15. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

16. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

17. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

21. Viral pneumonia may have:

22. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

24. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

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

27. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

28. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

29. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

30. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

32. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

34. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

35. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

36. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

38. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

39. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

40. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

42. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

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

44. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

47. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

48. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

50. Bradypnoea is associated with: