Pulmonology

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

2. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

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

4. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

5. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

7. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

8. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

11. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

14. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

15. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

17. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

20. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

21. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

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

25. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

26. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

28. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

29. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

32. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

35. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

36. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

39. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

41. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

42. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

43. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

44. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

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