Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

5. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

6. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

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

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

11. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

12. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

13. Which is false regarding emphysema?

14. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

15. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

16. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

18. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

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

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

23. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

25. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

27. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

29. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

30. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

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

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

35. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

36. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

39. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

40. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

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

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

43. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

45. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

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

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

48. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

50. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to: