Pulmonology

1. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

3. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

7. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

9. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

12. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

14. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

15. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

17. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

18. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

21. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

22. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

23. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

24. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

26. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

28. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

29. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

31. Clubbing is present in all except:

32. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

33. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

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

37. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

38. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

39. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

41. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

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

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

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

47. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

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