Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

4. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

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

6. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

7. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

8. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

11. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

12. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

13. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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

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

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

17. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

18. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

20. Bradypnoea is associated with:

21. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

26. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

29. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

32. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

33. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

35. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

36. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

37. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

38. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

41. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

42. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

43. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

44. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

45. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

47. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

50. Brassy cough is seen in: