Pulmonology

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

2. Which is false regarding emphysema?

3. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

4. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

6. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

9. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

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

13. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

14. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

15. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

16. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

17. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

19. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

20. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

21. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

22. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

24. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

25. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

26. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

27. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

28. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

29. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

30. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

31. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

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

36. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

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

40. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

42. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

44. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

48. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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