Pulmonology

1. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

3. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

6. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

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

10. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

11. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

12. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

14. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

15. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

18. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

21. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

24. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

25. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

26. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

28. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

29. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

31. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

32. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

36. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

38. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

39. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

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

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

42. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

43. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

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

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

48. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

49. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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