Pulmonology

1. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

2. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

5. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

6. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

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

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

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

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

11. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

12. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

13. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

16. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

17. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

18. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

19. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

20. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

22. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

24. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

26. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

27. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

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

29. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

32. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

33. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

34. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

35. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

36. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

37. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

39. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

40. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

41. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

42. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

44. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

45. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

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

49. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

50. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to: