Pulmonology

1. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

2. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

4. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

15. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

16. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

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

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

21. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

22. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

23. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

24. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

25. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

27. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

28. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

29. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

30. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

31. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

33. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

34. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

36. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

38. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

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

43. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

44. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

45. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

46. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

47. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

48. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

50. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to: