Pulmonology

1. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

2. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

3. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

5. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

6. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

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

9. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

10. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

12. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

13. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

16. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

17. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

19. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

20. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

22. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

23. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

24. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

26. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

27. Brassy cough is seen in:

28. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

29. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

30. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

33. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

34. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

36. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

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

40. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

41. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

44. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

45. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

47. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

48. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

49. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

50. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in: