Pulmonology

1. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

2. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

5. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

6. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

7. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

8. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

9. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

11. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

13. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

14. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

15. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

16. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

19. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

22. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

23. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

25. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

26. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

28. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

30. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

31. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

33. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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

37. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

38. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

39. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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

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

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

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

44. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

45. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

46. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

49. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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