Pulmonology

1. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

4. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

5. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

6. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

7. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

8. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

10. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

11. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

12. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

13. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

14. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

16. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

17. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

19. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

22. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

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

24. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

27. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

28. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

30. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

33. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

34. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

36. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

37. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

38. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

39. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

41. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

43. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

44. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

45. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

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

47. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

48. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

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

50. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is: