Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

3. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

5. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

8. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

10. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

11. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

12. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

13. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

16. Asbestosis is not related to:

17. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

19. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

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

21. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

22. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

23. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

25. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

27. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

29. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

31. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

32. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

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

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

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

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

37. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

38. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

41. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

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

46. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

49. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

50. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to: