Pulmonology

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

2. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

4. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

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

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

9. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

10. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

12. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

13. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

14. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

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

23. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

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

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

26. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

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

28. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

29. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

30. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

31. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

32. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

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

36. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

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

38. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

41. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

42. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

43. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

44. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

45. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

46. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

47. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

48. Bradypnoea is associated with:

49. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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