Pulmonology

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

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

3. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

4. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

12. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

13. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

15. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

16. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

19. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

21. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

22. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

23. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

27. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

28. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

29. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

31. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

32. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

33. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

34. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

35. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

38. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

41. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

43. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

44. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

45. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

46. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

47. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

48. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

49. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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