Pulmonology

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

2. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

3. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

4. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

5. Brassy cough is seen in:

6. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

7. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

8. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

9. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

10. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

11. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

12. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

13. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

22. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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

24. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

25. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

26. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

27. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

28. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

29. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

30. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

31. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

33. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

34. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

35. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

36. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

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

40. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

42. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

44. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

46. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

47. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

48. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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