Pulmonology

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

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

3. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

5. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

7. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

9. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

10. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

11. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

13. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

16. Brassy cough is seen in:

17. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

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

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

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

21. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

23. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

24. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

25. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

28. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

30. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

31. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

32. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

33. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

34. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

37. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

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

41. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

42. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

45. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

47. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

48. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

49. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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