Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

6. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

8. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

9. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

11. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

12. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

13. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

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

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

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

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

18. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

20. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

22. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

25. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

26. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

28. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

29. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

30. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

31. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

33. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

35. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

36. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

37. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

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

41. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

42. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

45. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

46. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

47. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

48. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

49. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

50. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately: