Pulmonology

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

2. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

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

6. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

9. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

10. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

12. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

13. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

14. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

15. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

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

17. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

18. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

19. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

20. Viral pneumonia may have:

21. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

22. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

24. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

25. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

26. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

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

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

31. Bradypnoea is associated with:

32. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

34. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

36. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

37. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

41. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

43. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

44. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

45. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

47. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

48. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

49. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

50. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in: