Pulmonology

1. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

3. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

4. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

5. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

6. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

7. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

8. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

10. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

11. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

12. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

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

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

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

17. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

20. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

21. Clubbing is present in all except:

22. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

23. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

24. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

26. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

27. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

29. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

30. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

31. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

35. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

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

39. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

40. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

41. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

42. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

43. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

45. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

47. Viral pneumonia may have:

48. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

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

50. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except: