Pulmonology

1. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

3. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

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

8. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

11. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

13. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

14. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

19. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

20. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

22. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

25. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

26. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

27. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

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

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

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

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

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

33. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

35. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

36. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

38. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

41. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

43. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

45. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

46. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

47. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

49. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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