Pulmonology

1. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

2. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

3. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

5. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

6. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

8. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

9. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

10. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

12. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

13. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

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

17. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

20. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

22. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

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

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

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

28. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

31. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

33. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

36. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

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

41. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

42. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

43. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

45. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

46. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

48. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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

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