Pulmonology

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

2. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

3. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

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

7. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

8. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

17. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

18. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

20. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

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

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

24. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

25. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

27. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

30. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

31. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

32. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

33. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

34. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

38. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

40. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

41. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

42. Clubbing is present in all except:

43. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

44. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

47. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

48. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

50. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of: