Pulmonology

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

2. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

3. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

4. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

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

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

7. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

8. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

10. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

11. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

13. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

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

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

18. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

19. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

20. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

21. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

24. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

26. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

28. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

29. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

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

33. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

34. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

35. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

36. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

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

40. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

42. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

43. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

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

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

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

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

48. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

50. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except: