Pulmonology

1. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

2. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

5. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

8. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

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

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

11. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

12. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

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

16. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

17. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

18. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

19. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

20. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

23. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

24. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

25. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

29. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

30. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

31. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

32. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

33. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

39. All are features of hypercapnia except:

40. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

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

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

43. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

44. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

47. Bradypnoea is associated with:

48. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

49. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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