Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

4. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

5. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

6. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

8. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

9. Emphysema is associated with all except:

10. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

13. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

15. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

17. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

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

19. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

20. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

23. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

24. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

27. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

28. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

29. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

30. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

31. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

32. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

35. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

39. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

40. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

42. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

43. Bradypnoea is associated with:

44. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

45. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

46. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

48. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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