Pulmonology

1. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

2. Stridor is characteristically found in:

3. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

5. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

11. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

12. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

13. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

14. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

15. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

16. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

17. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

18. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

20. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

22. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

25. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

26. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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

30. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

31. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

32. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

33. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

34. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

36. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

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

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

39. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

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

42. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

43. Clubbing is present in all except:

44. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

45. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

46. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

47. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

49. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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