Pulmonology

1. Stridor is characteristically found in:

2. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

3. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

6. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

7. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

8. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

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

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

11. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

12. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

14. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

18. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

19. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

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

23. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

24. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

25. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

26. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

29. Clubbing is present in all except:

30. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

31. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

34. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

35. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

37. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

39. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

40. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

41. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

42. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

43. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

45. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

48. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

49. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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