Pulmonology

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

2. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

3. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

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

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

6. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

7. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

10. Hypercarbia is associated with:

11. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

12. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

13. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

15. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

16. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

18. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

19. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

20. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

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

25. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

26. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

27. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

29. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

30. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

31. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

33. Viral pneumonia may have:

34. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

35. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

36. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

38. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

40. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

41. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

43. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

44. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

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

48. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

49. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

50. Clubbing occurs earliest with: