Pulmonology

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

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

3. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

4. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

6. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

7. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

8. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

10. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

11. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

12. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

13. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

14. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

15. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

18. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

19. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

20. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

21. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

23. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

24. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

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

26. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

27. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

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

29. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

30. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

31. Stridor is characteristically found in:

32. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

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

36. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

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

41. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

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

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

46. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

47. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

48. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

49. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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