Pulmonology

1. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

2. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

4. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

7. Viral pneumonia may have:

8. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

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

10. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

12. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

14. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

15. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

16. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

17. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

18. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

19. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

22. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

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

25. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

26. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

27. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

28. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

29. Bradypnoea is associated with:

30. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

32. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

34. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

36. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

39. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

40. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

42. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

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

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

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

46. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

47. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

49. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

50. Brassy cough is seen in: