Pulmonology

1. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

2. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

3. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

4. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

5. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

7. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

11. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

12. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

14. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

16. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

17. All are features of hypercapnia except:

18. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

19. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

21. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

22. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

25. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

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

27. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

28. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

29. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

30. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

31. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

32. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

33. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

34. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

35. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

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

39. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

40. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

42. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

43. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

46. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

47. Clubbing is present in all except:

48. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

49. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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