Pulmonology

1. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

4. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

5. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

7. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

8. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

11. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

12. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

15. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

16. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

18. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

19. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

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

23. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

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

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

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

27. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

28. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

29. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

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

31. Bradypnoea is associated with:

32. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

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

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

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

38. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

40. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

41. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

42. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

44. Brassy cough is seen in:

45. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

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

47. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

48. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

49. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

50. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except: