Pulmonology

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

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

3. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

4. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

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

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

9. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

10. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

11. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

13. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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

17. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

18. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

20. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

22. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

23. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

24. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

25. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

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

29. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

32. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

33. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

34. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

35. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

39. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

40. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

41. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

42. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

43. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

46. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

47. Emphysema is associated with all except:

48. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

50. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is: