Pulmonology

1. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

3. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

4. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

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

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

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

8. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

11. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

12. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

14. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

15. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

16. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

17. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

18. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

20. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

21. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

23. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

24. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

25. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

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

28. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

29. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

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

31. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

32. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

34. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

36. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

39. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

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

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

44. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

46. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

47. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

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