Pulmonology

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

2. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

3. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

5. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

6. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

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

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

9. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

10. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

11. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

12. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

13. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

17. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

18. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

20. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

23. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

24. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

26. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

27. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

29. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

31. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

32. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

35. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

36. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

37. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

40. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

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

42. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

43. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

44. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

45. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

48. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

50. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of: