Pulmonology

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

2. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

4. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

6. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

7. Which is false regarding emphysema?

8. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

10. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

12. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

13. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

15. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

17. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

20. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

22. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

23. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

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

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

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

28. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

31. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

34. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

35. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

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

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

40. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

42. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

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

45. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

46. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

47. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

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