Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

3. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

4. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

5. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

6. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

7. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

8. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

10. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

11. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

12. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

13. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

14. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

20. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

23. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

24. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

27. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

29. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

30. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

31. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

32. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

33. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

34. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

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

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

39. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

40. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

43. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

44. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

47. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

50. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except: