Pulmonology

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

2. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

3. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

5. Emphysema is associated with all except:

6. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

9. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

19. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

20. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

22. Stridor is characteristically found in:

23. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

25. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

27. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

29. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

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

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

32. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

33. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

35. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

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

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

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

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

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

41. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

44. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

46. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

48. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

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

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