Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

3. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

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

7. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

8. Which is false regarding emphysema?

9. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

10. Brassy cough is seen in:

11. Viral pneumonia may have:

12. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

13. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

14. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

17. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

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

20. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

21. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

22. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

25. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

27. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

30. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

31. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

33. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

36. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

37. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

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

39. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

42. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

44. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

45. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

46. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

48. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

49. Clubbing is present in all except:

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