Pulmonology

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

2. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

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

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

5. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

6. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

8. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

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

10. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

12. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

17. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

18. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

20. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

21. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

25. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

26. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

29. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

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

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

34. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

36. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

39. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

41. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

42. Brassy cough is seen in:

43. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

44. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

45. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

47. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

48. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

49. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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