Pulmonology

1. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

2. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

3. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

6. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

9. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

12. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

15. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

16. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

17. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

18. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

21. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

23. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

24. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

29. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

30. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

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

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

33. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

34. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

36. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

37. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

39. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

40. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

41. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

42. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

43. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

45. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

46. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

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

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