Pulmonology

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

2. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

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

4. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

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

6. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

8. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

9. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

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

13. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

14. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

15. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

17. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

19. Which is false regarding emphysema?

20. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

23. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

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

27. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

28. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

29. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

33. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

34. Hypercarbia is associated with:

35. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

37. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

39. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

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

41. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

42. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

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

47. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

48. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

49. Emphysema is associated with all except:

50. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is: