Pulmonology

1. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

2. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

3. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

4. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

5. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

6. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

7. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

9. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

10. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

11. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

12. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

13. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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

15. All are features of hypercapnia except:

16. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

18. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

20. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

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

24. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

26. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

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

28. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

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

32. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

33. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

35. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

37. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

38. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

45. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

46. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

47. Stridor is characteristically found in:

48. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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