Pulmonology

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

2. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

3. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

4. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

6. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

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

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

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

12. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

14. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

16. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

18. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

20. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

23. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

25. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

26. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

27. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

28. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

30. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

31. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

32. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

33. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

35. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

36. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

37. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

38. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

41. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

43. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

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

47. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

50. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in: