Pulmonology

1. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

2. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

3. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

4. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

6. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

9. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

10. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

11. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

12. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

13. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

14. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

15. Which is false regarding emphysema?

16. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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

20. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

24. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

25. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

26. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

27. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

28. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

29. Emphysema is associated with all except:

30. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

31. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

32. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

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

34. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

35. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

37. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

41. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

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

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

46. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

48. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

49. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

50. Bronchoscopy was first described by: