Pulmonology

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

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

3. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

4. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

5. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

7. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

8. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

9. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

10. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

11. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

12. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

15. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

16. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

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

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

21. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

23. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

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

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

27. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

28. Bradypnoea is associated with:

29. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

30. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

34. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

35. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

36. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

37. Brassy cough is seen in:

38. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

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

42. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

44. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

45. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

46. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

47. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

50. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to: