Pulmonology

1. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

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

5. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

6. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

8. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

10. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

11. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

13. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

15. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

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

17. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

18. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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

20. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

21. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

23. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

24. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

26. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

27. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

28. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

30. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

31. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

32. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

33. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

35. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

36. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

37. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

38. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

39. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

41. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

42. Which is false regarding emphysema?

43. Clubbing is present in all except:

44. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

45. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

46. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

47. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

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