Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

4. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

5. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

9. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

10. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

12. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

14. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

17. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

26. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

27. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

28. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

31. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

32. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

36. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

37. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

40. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

44. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

45. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

46. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

47. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

48. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

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

50. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except: