Pulmonology

1. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

3. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

4. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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

6. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

9. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

10. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

11. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

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

13. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

14. All are features of hypercapnia except:

15. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

16. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

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

18. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

19. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

20. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

21. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

24. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

25. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

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

28. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

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

30. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

33. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

34. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

35. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

36. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

37. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

39. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

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

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

42. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

45. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

47. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

48. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

50. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is: