Pulmonology

1. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

2. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

4. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

6. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

7. Emphysema is associated with all except:

8. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

10. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

11. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

12. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

13. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

14. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

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

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

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

19. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

20. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

22. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

23. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

27. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

28. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

30. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

32. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

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

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

35. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

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

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

38. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

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

40. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

41. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

43. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

44. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

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

46. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

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

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