Pulmonology

1. Which is false regarding emphysema?

2. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

3. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

6. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

7. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

8. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

11. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

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

13. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

15. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

16. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

17. Bradypnoea is associated with:

18. Emphysema is associated with all except:

19. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

21. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

23. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

25. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

26. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

29. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

31. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

32. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

35. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

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

38. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

41. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

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

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

44. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

45. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

46. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

48. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

49. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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