Pulmonology

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

2. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

3. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

4. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

5. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

7. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

9. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

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

11. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

12. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

13. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

14. Hypercarbia is associated with:

15. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

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

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

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

21. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

24. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

26. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

27. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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

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

30. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

31. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

32. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

34. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

36. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

39. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

40. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

42. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

43. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

44. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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

46. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

48. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

49. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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