Pulmonology

1. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

2. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

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

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

5. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

7. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

8. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

11. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

14. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

15. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

17. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

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

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

21. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

22. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

23. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

24. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

25. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

26. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

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

28. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

29. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

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

33. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

36. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

37. Which is false regarding emphysema?

38. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

41. Emphysema is associated with all except:

42. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

43. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

44. All are features of hypercapnia except:

45. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

46. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

47. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

49. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

50. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as: