Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

6. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

7. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

8. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

10. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

12. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

14. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

15. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

16. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

17. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

22. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

24. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

25. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

26. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

27. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

28. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

29. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

30. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

32. Emphysema is associated with all except:

33. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

34. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

35. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

36. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

38. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

41. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

42. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

44. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

45. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

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

47. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

50. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except: