Pulmonology

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

2. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

5. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

6. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

7. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

8. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

10. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

11. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

12. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

13. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

14. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

15. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

16. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

17. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

20. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

22. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

24. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

25. Which is false regarding emphysema?

26. Stridor is characteristically found in:

27. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

28. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

29. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

30. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

31. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

34. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

35. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

37. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

38. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

39. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

42. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

43. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

46. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

47. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

49. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

50. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is: