Pulmonology

1. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

2. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

3. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

5. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

6. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

8. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

9. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

12. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

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

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

17. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

24. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

25. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

26. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

27. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

28. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

30. Stridor is characteristically found in:

31. Viral pneumonia may have:

32. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

33. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

34. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

35. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

37. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

39. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

40. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

41. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

42. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

44. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

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

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

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

50. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is: