Pulmonology

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

2. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

3. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

4. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

5. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

6. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

8. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

9. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

11. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

13. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

15. Asbestosis is not related to:

16. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

17. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

19. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

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

21. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

22. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

23. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

24. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

26. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

27. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

28. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

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

30. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

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

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

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

34. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

35. All are features of hypercapnia except:

36. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

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

40. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

42. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

43. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

45. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

46. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

47. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

48. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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