Pulmonology

1. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

2. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

3. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

4. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

5. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

6. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

8. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

9. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

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

13. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

14. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

17. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

18. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

20. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

22. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

24. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

25. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

27. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

28. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

30. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

31. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

33. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

34. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

36. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

38. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

40. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

41. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

44. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

45. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

47. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

48. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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