Pulmonology

1. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

2. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

4. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

5. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

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

7. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

9. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

10. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

12. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

16. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

19. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

20. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

21. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

22. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

23. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

25. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

27. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

29. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

30. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

31. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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

33. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

36. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

39. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

41. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

43. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

44. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

47. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

48. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

49. Clubbing is present in all except:

50. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is: