Pulmonology

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

2. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

3. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

4. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

5. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

8. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

10. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

11. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

12. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

15. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

18. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

20. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

22. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

25. Clubbing is present in all except:

26. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

27. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

29. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

31. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

33. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

34. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

35. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

36. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

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

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

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

40. Asbestosis is not related to:

41. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

42. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

43. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

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

47. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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