Pulmonology

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

2. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

3. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

4. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

6. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

9. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

12. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

14. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

15. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

16. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

17. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

18. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

19. Stridor is characteristically found in:

20. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

23. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

24. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

25. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

27. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

28. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

30. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

32. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

33. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

34. Asbestosis is not related to:

35. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

37. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

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

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

42. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

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

44. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

45. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

48. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

49. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

50. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except: