Pulmonology

1. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

3. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

4. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

5. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

6. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

7. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

8. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

9. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

11. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

12. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

15. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

17. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

18. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

20. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

24. Stridor is characteristically found in:

25. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

26. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

27. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

29. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

30. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

32. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

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

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

37. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

45. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

46. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

47. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

48. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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