Pulmonology

1. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

2. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

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

6. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

8. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

11. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

12. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

13. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

15. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

18. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

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

22. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

23. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

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

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

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

28. Which is false regarding emphysema?

29. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

30. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

33. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

34. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

35. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

36. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

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

40. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

41. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

43. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

46. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

50. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is: