Pulmonology

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

2. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

3. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

4. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

5. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

7. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

8. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

11. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

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

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

16. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

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

18. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

19. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

22. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

24. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

25. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

27. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

28. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

29. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

31. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

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

34. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

35. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

39. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

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

41. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

44. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

45. Bradypnoea is associated with:

46. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

47. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

48. Hypercarbia is associated with:

49. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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