Pulmonology

1. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

2. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

5. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

6. Emphysema is associated with all except:

7. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

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

11. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

12. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

15. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

16. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

17. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

19. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

23. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

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

27. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

31. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

32. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

35. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

36. Asbestosis is not related to:

37. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

38. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

40. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

42. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

45. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

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

49. Viral pneumonia may have:

50. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is: