Pulmonology

1. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

2. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

5. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

6. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

7. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

9. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

11. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

12. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

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

15. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

16. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

19. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

20. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

21. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

24. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

25. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

27. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

29. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

30. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

31. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

32. Asbestosis is not related to:

33. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

34. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

36. Emphysema is associated with all except:

37. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

38. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

40. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

42. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

43. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

44. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

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

47. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

49. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

50. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except: