Pulmonology

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

2. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

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

6. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

8. All are features of hypercapnia except:

9. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

11. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

14. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

15. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

16. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

17. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

18. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

19. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

21. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

24. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

26. Which is false regarding emphysema?

27. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

28. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

29. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

30. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

31. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

33. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

34. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

35. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

38. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

39. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

40. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

47. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

48. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

49. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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