Pulmonology

1. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

4. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

7. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

10. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

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

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

13. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

15. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

16. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

18. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

19. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

22. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

24. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

25. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

27. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

30. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

31. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

32. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

35. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

36. Bradypnoea is associated with:

37. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

38. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

40. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

43. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

44. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

45. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

46. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

47. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

48. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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