Pulmonology

1. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

2. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

3. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

5. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

8. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

9. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

10. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

12. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

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

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

15. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

16. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

19. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

21. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

23. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

24. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

25. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

26. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

27. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

28. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

29. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

30. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

31. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

32. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

35. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

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

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

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

39. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

41. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

42. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

43. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

45. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

46. Clubbing is present in all except:

47. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

48. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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