Pulmonology

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

2. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

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

4. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

5. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

6. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

7. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

9. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

10. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

13. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

15. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

16. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

17. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

18. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

21. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

23. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

25. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

28. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

32. Asbestosis is not related to:

33. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

35. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

38. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

40. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

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

42. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

44. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

45. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

48. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

49. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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