Pulmonology

1. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

2. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

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

4. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

5. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

7. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

9. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

10. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

11. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

13. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

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

17. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

19. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

20. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

22. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

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

24. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

25. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

28. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

29. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

30. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

31. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

32. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

35. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

36. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

37. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

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

39. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

41. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

43. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

44. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

45. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

46. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

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

50. Amphoric breath sound is found in: