Pulmonology

1. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

4. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

7. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

9. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

10. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

11. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

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

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

14. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

16. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

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

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

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

22. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

24. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

25. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

26. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

27. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

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

29. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

30. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

31. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

34. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

35. Which is false regarding emphysema?

36. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

37. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

38. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

40. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

41. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

42. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

43. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

45. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

46. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

47. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

48. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

49. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

50. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of: