Pulmonology

1. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

4. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

6. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

8. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

9. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

10. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

12. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

13. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

15. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

16. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

17. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

19. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

20. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

21. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

22. Which is false regarding emphysema?

23. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

25. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

26. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

28. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

30. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

33. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

35. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

38. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

39. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

40. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

41. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

42. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

44. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

47. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

49. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

50. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with: