Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

2. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

3. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

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

8. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

11. Hypercarbia is associated with:

12. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

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

16. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

17. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

18. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

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

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

23. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

24. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

25. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

27. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

29. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

30. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

31. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

39. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

40. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

41. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

42. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

44. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

45. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

47. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

48. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

49. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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