Pulmonology

1. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

2. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

4. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

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

8. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

10. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

11. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

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

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

16. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

17. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

18. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

21. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

22. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

27. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

29. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

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

31. Asbestosis is not related to:

32. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

33. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

35. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

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

37. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

39. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

41. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

42. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

45. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

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

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

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

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

50. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?