Pulmonology

1. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

4. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

7. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

9. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

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

11. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

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

13. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

14. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

16. Clubbing is present in all except:

17. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

18. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

22. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

23. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

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

25. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

26. Hypercarbia is associated with:

27. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

28. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

29. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

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

31. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

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

36. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

37. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

38. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

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

40. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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

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

43. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

45. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

48. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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