Pulmonology

1. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

4. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

5. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

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

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

8. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

9. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

10. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

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

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

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

16. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

17. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

19. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

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

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

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

23. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

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

25. Emphysema is associated with all except:

26. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

28. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

30. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

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

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

35. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

36. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

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

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

41. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

43. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

44. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

46. Stridor is characteristically found in:

47. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

48. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

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

50. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?