Pulmonology

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

2. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

4. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

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

8. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

11. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

12. Hypercarbia is associated with:

13. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

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

15. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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

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

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

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

20. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

21. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

22. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

23. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

25. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

27. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

29. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

30. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

31. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

33. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

35. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

37. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

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

39. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

41. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

42. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

43. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

49. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

50. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of: