Pulmonology

1. Brassy cough is seen in:

2. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

3. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

5. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

7. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

9. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

11. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

12. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

13. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

14. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

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

18. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

20. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

21. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

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

26. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

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

30. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

32. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

33. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

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

38. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

39. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

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

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

42. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

44. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

46. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

47. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

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