Pulmonology

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

2. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

4. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

6. Which is false regarding emphysema?

7. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

9. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

11. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

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

15. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

17. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

18. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

21. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

23. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

24. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

25. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

31. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

34. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

35. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

36. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

37. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

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

41. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

42. All are features of hypercapnia except:

43. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

45. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

46. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

47. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

48. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

49. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

50. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except: