Pulmonology

1. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

2. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

3. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

4. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

5. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

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

7. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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

9. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

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

13. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

16. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

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

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

19. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

20. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

22. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

23. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

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

25. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

29. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

30. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

31. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

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

33. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

34. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

35. All are features of hypercapnia except:

36. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

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

38. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

41. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

42. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

43. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

44. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

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

46. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

47. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

49. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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