Pulmonology

1. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

2. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

4. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

13. Clubbing is present in all except:

14. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

16. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

17. Bradypnoea is associated with:

18. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

19. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

21. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

22. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

24. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

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

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

29. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

30. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

31. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

35. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

36. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

37. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

38. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

40. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

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

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

43. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

45. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

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

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