Pulmonology

1. Which is false regarding emphysema?

2. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

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

6. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

7. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

8. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

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

12. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

14. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

16. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

17. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

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

21. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

23. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

24. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

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

26. Viral pneumonia may have:

27. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

28. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

31. Hypercarbia is associated with:

32. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

33. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

34. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

36. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

40. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

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

42. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

43. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

46. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

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

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

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