Pulmonology

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

2. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

3. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

4. Hypercarbia is associated with:

5. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

6. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

8. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

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

10. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

12. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

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

16. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

17. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

18. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

21. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

22. Asbestosis is not related to:

23. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

27. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

29. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

30. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

31. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

34. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

35. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

36. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

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

40. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

41. Bradypnoea is associated with:

42. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

44. All are features of hypercapnia except:

45. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

46. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

47. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

48. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

49. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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