Pulmonology

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

2. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

3. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

4. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

5. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

6. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

7. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

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

9. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

17. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

18. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

20. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

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

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

25. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

27. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

29. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

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

33. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

34. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

37. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

38. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

39. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

40. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

41. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

42. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

44. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

46. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

47. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

49. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

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