Pulmonology

1. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

3. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

5. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

8. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

10. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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

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

13. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

16. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

19. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

20. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

24. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

27. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

28. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

29. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

38. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

39. Which is false regarding emphysema?

40. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

41. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

42. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

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

46. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

47. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

48. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

49. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

50. The earliest sign of clubbing is: