Pulmonology

1. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

2. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

4. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

5. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

6. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

7. Hypercarbia is associated with:

8. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

9. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

10. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

12. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

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

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

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

18. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

19. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

20. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

22. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

25. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

27. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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

31. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

32. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

35. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

39. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

41. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

43. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

44. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

45. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

46. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

47. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

49. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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