Pulmonology

1. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

2. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

3. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

4. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

5. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

7. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

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

11. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

12. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

16. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

18. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

20. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

21. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

22. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

25. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

26. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

27. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

28. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

30. Clubbing is present in all except:

31. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

32. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

33. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

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

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

36. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

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

38. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

40. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

41. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

42. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

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

44. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

45. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

47. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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