Pulmonology

1. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

3. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

12. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

13. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

15. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

25. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

26. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

27. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

28. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

30. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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

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

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

36. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

38. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

39. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

40. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

42. All are features of hypercapnia except:

43. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

44. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

45. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

47. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

48. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

49. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

50. Scar carcinoma of the lung is: