Pulmonology

1. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

3. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

5. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

6. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

7. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

8. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

10. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

11. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

15. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

16. Viral pneumonia may have:

17. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

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

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

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

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

22. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

23. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

24. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

25. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

26. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

27. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

28. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

31. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

32. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

33. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

35. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

36. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

37. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

39. Which is false regarding emphysema?

40. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

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

42. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

43. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

45. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

47. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

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