Pulmonology

1. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

2. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

5. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

8. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

9. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

10. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

12. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

13. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

14. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

15. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

17. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

18. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

22. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

24. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

25. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

27. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

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

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

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

33. Hypercarbia is associated with:

34. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

35. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

36. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

38. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

40. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

41. Which is false regarding emphysema?

42. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

43. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

45. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

46. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

49. Asbestosis is not related to:

50. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except: