Pulmonology

1. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

2. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

3. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

4. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

6. Brassy cough is seen in:

7. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

8. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

10. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

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

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

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

14. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

15. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

19. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

23. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

24. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

27. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

29. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

30. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

31. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

32. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

33. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

36. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

37. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

38. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

39. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

40. Asbestosis is not related to:

41. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

43. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

45. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

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

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

48. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

49. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

50. Hypercarbia is associated with: