Pulmonology

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

2. All are features of hypercapnia except:

3. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

4. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

5. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

6. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

7. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

8. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

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

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

13. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

15. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

17. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

18. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

19. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

20. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

21. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

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

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

24. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

30. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

31. Emphysema is associated with all except:

32. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

33. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

34. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

35. Brassy cough is seen in:

36. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

39. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

42. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

43. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

44. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

45. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

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

47. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

48. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

50. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of: