Pulmonology

1. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

3. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

4. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

5. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

8. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

9. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

11. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

12. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

13. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

14. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

15. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

17. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

18. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

21. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

23. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

24. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

25. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

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

29. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

30. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

31. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

33. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

34. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

36. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

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

38. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

39. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

41. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

42. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

45. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

48. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

50. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to: