Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

4. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

5. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

6. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

11. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

14. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

15. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

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

19. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

20. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

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

22. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

23. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

25. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

27. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

28. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

30. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

31. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

32. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

34. Clubbing is present in all except:

35. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

36. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

39. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

40. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

41. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

42. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

44. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

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

46. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

47. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

50. Asbestosis is not related to: