Pulmonology

1. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

2. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

3. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

4. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

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

6. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

8. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

9. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

10. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

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

12. Viral pneumonia may have:

13. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

14. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

15. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

16. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

17. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

19. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

20. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

22. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

23. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

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

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

28. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

30. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

34. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

37. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

38. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

39. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

40. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

41. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

44. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

45. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

46. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

47. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

48. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

50. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is: