Pulmonology

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

2. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

4. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

10. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

11. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

13. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

14. Stridor is characteristically found in:

15. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

17. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

19. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

21. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

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

23. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

27. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

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

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

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

31. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

35. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

37. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

38. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

40. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

41. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

42. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

45. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

48. Brassy cough is seen in:

49. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

50. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except: