Pulmonology

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

2. Which is false regarding emphysema?

3. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

4. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

5. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

6. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

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

8. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

17. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

18. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

19. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

20. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

21. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

23. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

26. Stridor is characteristically found in:

27. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

28. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

31. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

32. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

33. Emphysema is associated with all except:

34. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

35. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

36. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

38. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

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

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

41. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

42. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

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

46. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

47. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

48. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

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

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