Pulmonology

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

2. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

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

6. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

7. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

9. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

11. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

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

15. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

18. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

19. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

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

21. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

22. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

24. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

25. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

27. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

28. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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

32. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

33. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

34. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

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

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

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

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

39. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

42. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

43. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

44. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

45. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

47. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

49. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

50. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is: