Pulmonology

1. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

2. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

3. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

5. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

7. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

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

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

12. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

14. Hypercarbia is associated with:

15. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

16. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

17. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

20. Which is false regarding emphysema?

21. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

23. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

24. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

25. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

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

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

28. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

29. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

30. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

31. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

33. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

34. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

35. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

36. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

37. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

38. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

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

42. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

43. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

44. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

47. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

48. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

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

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