Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

6. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

7. All are features of hypercapnia except:

8. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

10. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

19. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

22. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

24. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

25. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

26. Hypercarbia is associated with:

27. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

29. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

30. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

32. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

33. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

34. Asbestosis is not related to:

35. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

36. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

37. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

38. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

40. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

50. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is: