Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

5. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

7. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

8. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

10. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

11. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

13. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

15. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

17. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

19. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

20. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

22. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

24. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

25. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

27. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

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

29. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

30. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

31. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

33. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

34. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

35. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

36. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

37. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

38. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

39. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

41. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

44. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

47. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

50. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?