Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

6. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

8. Which is false regarding emphysema?

9. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

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

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

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

13. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

15. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

17. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

18. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

19. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

21. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

22. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

23. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

26. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

27. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

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

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

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

33. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

35. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

36. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

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

38. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

39. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

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

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

44. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

45. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

48. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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