Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

5. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

9. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

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

11. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

12. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

13. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

15. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

16. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

17. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

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

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

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

24. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

27. Emphysema is associated with all except:

28. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

29. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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

33. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

34. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

35. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

36. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

37. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

38. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

39. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

40. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

44. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

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

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

47. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

49. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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