Pulmonology

1. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

3. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

4. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

5. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

9. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

10. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

11. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

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

13. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

14. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

16. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

17. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

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

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

20. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

21. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

23. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

25. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

26. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

27. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

28. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

30. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

31. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

32. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

33. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

34. Viral pneumonia may have:

35. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

37. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

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

39. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

42. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

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

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

47. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

48. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

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

50. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is: