Pulmonology

1. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

4. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

5. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

6. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

8. Brassy cough is seen in:

9. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

12. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

13. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

14. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

15. Hypercarbia is associated with:

16. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

17. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

20. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

21. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

22. Bradypnoea is associated with:

23. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

25. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

27. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

28. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

29. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

31. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

34. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

36. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

38. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

39. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

40. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

42. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

43. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

44. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

45. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

47. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

50. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is: