Pulmonology

1. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

2. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

3. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

4. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

5. Asbestosis is not related to:

6. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

7. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

8. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

9. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

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

13. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

14. Which is false regarding emphysema?

15. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

16. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

18. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

20. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

22. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

26. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

27. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

29. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

30. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

34. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

35. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

36. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

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

40. Stridor is characteristically found in:

41. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

42. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

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

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

47. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

48. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

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

50. Farmer’s lung is caused by: