Pulmonology

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

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

3. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

5. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

6. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

9. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

10. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

11. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

14. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

15. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

16. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

18. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

19. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

20. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

22. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

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

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

25. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

27. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

28. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

30. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

33. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

36. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

37. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

40. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

41. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

42. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

44. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

46. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

47. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

50. Malt worker’s lung is caused by: