Pulmonology

1. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

2. Stridor is characteristically found in:

3. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

7. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

9. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

11. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

12. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

14. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

15. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

16. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

17. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

18. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

19. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

21. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

24. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

26. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

27. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

28. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

29. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

30. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

33. Which is false regarding emphysema?

34. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

35. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

37. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

38. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

39. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

40. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

41. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

46. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

47. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

48. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

49. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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