Pulmonology

1. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

2. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

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

7. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

8. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

10. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

11. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

12. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

13. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

15. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

17. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

18. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

19. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

20. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

22. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

23. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

25. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

26. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

28. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

30. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

32. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

33. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

34. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

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

36. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

39. All are features of hypercapnia except:

40. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

42. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

43. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

46. Which is false regarding emphysema?

47. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

49. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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