Pulmonology

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

2. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

3. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

4. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

5. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

6. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

7. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

8. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

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

11. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

13. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

14. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

16. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

17. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

18. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

19. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

20. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

24. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

26. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

29. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

30. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

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

34. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

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

36. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

37. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

39. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

40. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

41. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

42. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

44. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

45. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

46. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

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

48. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

50. All are features of hypercapnia except: