Pulmonology

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

2. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

3. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

6. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

7. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

8. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

9. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

10. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

12. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

13. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

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

17. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

20. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

21. Bradypnoea is associated with:

22. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

23. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

24. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

26. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

28. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

29. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

31. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

34. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

37. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

39. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

40. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

41. Asbestosis is not related to:

42. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

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

44. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

46. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

48. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

50. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?