Pulmonology

1. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

3. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

4. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

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

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

9. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

10. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

11. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

12. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

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

16. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

17. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

19. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

21. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

22. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

24. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

26. Emphysema is associated with all except:

27. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

28. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

34. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

35. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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

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

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

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

40. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

41. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

44. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

47. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

48. All are features of hypercapnia except:

49. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

50. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?