Pulmonology

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

2. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

4. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

5. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

7. Stridor is characteristically found in:

8. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

9. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

10. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

19. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

21. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

22. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

25. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

26. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

28. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

29. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

30. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

31. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

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

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

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

35. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

36. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

37. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

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

39. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

41. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

42. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

43. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

44. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

46. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

47. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

48. Emphysema is associated with all except:

49. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

50. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is: