Pulmonology

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

2. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

5. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

6. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

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

8. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

9. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

11. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

13. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

14. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

15. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

16. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

19. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

20. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

22. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

23. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

24. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

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

26. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

30. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

32. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

33. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

34. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

35. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

36. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

37. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

38. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

39. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

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

44. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

45. Bradypnoea is associated with:

46. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

47. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

49. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

50. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as: