Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

2. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

4. Which is false regarding emphysema?

5. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

7. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

9. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

11. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

12. Hypercarbia is associated with:

13. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

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

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

18. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

19. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

20. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

21. Stridor is characteristically found in:

22. Bradypnoea is associated with:

23. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

24. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

25. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

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

27. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

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

29. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

31. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

32. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

33. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

34. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

37. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

43. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

45. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

47. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

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