Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

9. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

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

13. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

15. Stridor is characteristically found in:

16. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

18. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

19. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

20. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

22. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

23. Bradypnoea is associated with:

24. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

25. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

26. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

27. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

28. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

29. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

30. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

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

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

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

36. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

37. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

38. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

39. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

40. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

41. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

43. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

45. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

46. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

48. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

49. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

50. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except: