Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

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

6. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

7. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

8. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

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

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

11. Viral pneumonia may have:

12. All are features of hypercapnia except:

13. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

15. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

16. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

18. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

19. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

20. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

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

24. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

27. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

29. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

30. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

31. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

32. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

33. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

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

35. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

36. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

38. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

40. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

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

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

43. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

44. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

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

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

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

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

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

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