Pulmonology

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

2. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

3. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

4. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

5. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

6. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

7. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

9. All are features of hypercapnia except:

10. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

11. Brassy cough is seen in:

12. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

13. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

16. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

17. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

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

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

20. Stridor is characteristically found in:

21. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

23. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

25. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

26. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

29. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

30. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

32. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

33. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

35. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

38. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

39. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

41. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

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

45. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

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

47. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

48. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

49. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

50. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of: