Pulmonology

1. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

2. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

4. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

5. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

6. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

8. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

11. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

12. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

13. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

14. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

16. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

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

19. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

22. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

26. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

28. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

29. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

31. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

32. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

33. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

34. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

35. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

36. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

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

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

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

40. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

41. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

43. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

46. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

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

50. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except: