Pulmonology

1. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

3. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

6. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

7. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

8. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

9. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

10. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

11. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

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

13. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

14. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

15. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

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

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

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

19. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

20. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

22. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

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

24. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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

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

27. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

29. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

30. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

31. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

33. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

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

35. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

36. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

37. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

40. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

42. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

44. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

45. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

48. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

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

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