Pulmonology

1. Which is false regarding emphysema?

2. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

3. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

4. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

5. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

6. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

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

8. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

10. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

11. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

12. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

13. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

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

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

17. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

21. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

22. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

23. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

24. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

25. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

27. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

28. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

30. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

32. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

34. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

35. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

36. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

39. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

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

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

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

43. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

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

45. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

46. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

47. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

48. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

49. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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