Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

3. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

6. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

7. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

8. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

9. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

14. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

16. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

17. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

18. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

19. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

20. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

23. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

24. Hypercarbia is associated with:

25. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

26. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

29. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

30. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

31. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

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

33. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

34. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

35. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

37. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

47. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

48. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

49. Which is false regarding emphysema?

50. Bradypnoea is associated with: