Pulmonology

1. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

3. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

4. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

5. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

7. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

8. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

9. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

11. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

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

14. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

15. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

16. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

18. Emphysema is associated with all except:

19. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

20. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

21. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

22. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

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

26. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

27. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

28. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

29. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

30. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

31. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

32. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

33. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

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

37. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

38. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

41. All are features of hypercapnia except:

42. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

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

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

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

46. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

47. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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