Pulmonology

1. Brassy cough is seen in:

2. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

7. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

10. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

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

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

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

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

15. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

16. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

18. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

20. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

21. Stridor is characteristically found in:

22. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

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

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

25. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

26. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

29. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

30. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

31. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

32. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

35. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

36. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

37. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

38. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

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

42. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

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

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

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

48. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

49. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

50. All are true in pneumomediastinum except: