Pulmonology

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

2. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

4. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

5. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

7. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

9. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

10. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

13. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

16. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

17. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

18. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

20. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

21. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

22. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

25. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

28. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

30. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

32. Viral pneumonia may have:

33. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

34. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

35. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

37. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

39. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

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

41. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

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

45. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

46. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

47. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

48. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

49. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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