Pulmonology

1. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

3. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

4. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

6. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

8. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

9. Brassy cough is seen in:

10. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

11. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

12. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

13. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

14. Which is false regarding emphysema?

15. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

16. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

17. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

19. Stridor is characteristically found in:

20. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

21. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

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

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

26. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

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

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

29. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

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

32. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

35. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

36. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

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

38. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

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

45. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

47. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

48. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

49. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

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