Pulmonology

1. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

7. Hypercarbia is associated with:

8. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

10. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

11. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

12. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

14. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

17. Which is false regarding emphysema?

18. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

19. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

20. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

21. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

22. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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

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

25. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

26. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

27. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

28. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

31. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

32. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

34. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

37. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

38. Stridor is characteristically found in:

39. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

40. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

41. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

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

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

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

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

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

47. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

48. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

50. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in: