Pulmonology

1. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

4. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

5. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

7. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

8. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

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

13. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

14. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

15. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

16. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

20. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

21. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

23. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

24. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

25. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

27. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

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

31. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

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

35. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

38. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

39. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

42. Which is false regarding emphysema?

43. Viral pneumonia may have:

44. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

47. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

48. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

49. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

50. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is: