Pulmonology

1. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

2. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

3. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

4. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

6. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

8. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

10. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

12. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

13. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

14. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

15. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

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

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

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

19. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

20. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

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

24. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

25. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

26. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

27. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

29. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

32. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

33. Emphysema is associated with all except:

34. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

35. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

37. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

38. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

39. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

43. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

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

45. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

48. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

49. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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