Pulmonology

1. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

2. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

3. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

5. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

6. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

7. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

8. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

9. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

11. Asbestosis is not related to:

12. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

13. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

14. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

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

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

17. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

18. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

21. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

22. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

24. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

25. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

26. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

27. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

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

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

33. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

37. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

40. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

43. Bradypnoea is associated with:

44. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

45. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

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

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

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

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

50. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except: