Pulmonology

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

2. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

3. Viral pneumonia may have:

4. Stridor is characteristically found in:

5. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

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

11. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

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

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

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

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

16. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

17. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

20. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

21. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

23. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

24. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

25. Emphysema is associated with all except:

26. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

27. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

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

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

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

33. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

35. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

36. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

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

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

39. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

40. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

41. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

42. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

44. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

46. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

47. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

48. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

49. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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