Pulmonology

1. Stridor is characteristically found in:

2. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

3. Brassy cough is seen in:

4. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

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

8. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

11. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

12. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

13. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

14. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

15. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

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

17. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

19. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

20. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

21. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

22. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

24. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

25. Hypercarbia is associated with:

26. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

27. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

29. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

32. Bradypnoea is associated with:

33. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

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

37. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

39. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

40. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

42. Viral pneumonia may have:

43. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

44. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

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

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

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