Pulmonology

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

2. Stridor is characteristically found in:

3. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

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

9. All are features of hypercapnia except:

10. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

12. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

13. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

15. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

16. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

17. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

18. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

19. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

20. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

21. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

22. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

24. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

25. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

26. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

27. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

29. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

31. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

32. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

37. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

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

39. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

42. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

44. Which is false regarding emphysema?

45. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

47. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

49. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

50. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except: