Pulmonology

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

2. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

6. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

7. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

10. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

11. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

13. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

14. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

15. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

17. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

18. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

19. All are features of hypercapnia except:

20. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

21. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

22. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

23. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

24. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

25. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

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

28. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

29. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

30. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

31. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

32. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

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

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

36. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

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

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

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

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

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

42. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

43. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

44. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

45. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

46. Viral pneumonia may have:

47. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

48. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

49. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

50. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is: