Pulmonology

1. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

2. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

4. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

5. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

7. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

8. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

9. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

10. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

11. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

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

15. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

16. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

18. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

19. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

22. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

24. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

26. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

28. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

29. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

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

31. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

33. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

34. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

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

39. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

41. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

43. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

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

47. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

48. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

49. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

50. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is: