Pulmonology

1. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

2. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

3. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

4. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

6. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

7. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

9. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

12. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

13. Which is false regarding emphysema?

14. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

15. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

18. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

19. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

20. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

21. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

22. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

23. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

25. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

26. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

27. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

28. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

30. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

31. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

33. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

34. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

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

39. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

40. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

41. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

43. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

44. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

45. Bradypnoea is associated with:

46. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

47. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

48. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

49. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

50. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except: