Pulmonology

1. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

2. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

4. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

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

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

7. Viral pneumonia may have:

8. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

11. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

13. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

14. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

15. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

16. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

18. Brassy cough is seen in:

19. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

22. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

23. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

26. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

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

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

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

30. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

31. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

32. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

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

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

37. Clubbing is present in all except:

38. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

39. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

40. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

41. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

42. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

43. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

44. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

45. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

46. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

48. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

50. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in: