Pulmonology

1. Viral pneumonia may have:

2. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

4. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

6. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

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

11. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

13. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

14. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

15. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

17. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

18. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

19. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

20. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

21. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

22. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

24. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

26. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

27. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

28. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

29. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

30. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

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

34. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

35. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

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

39. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

41. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

42. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

43. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

44. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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

46. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

47. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

49. Clubbing is present in all except:

50. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?