Pulmonology

1. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

2. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

3. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

9. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

11. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

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

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

14. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

15. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

16. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

18. Brassy cough is seen in:

19. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

26. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

27. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

29. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

30. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

31. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

39. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

40. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

41. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

42. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

43. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

45. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

47. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

48. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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