Pulmonology

1. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

3. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

6. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

7. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

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

9. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

10. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

11. All are features of hypercapnia except:

12. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

13. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

16. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

19. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

20. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

21. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

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

23. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

24. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

25. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

26. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

27. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

28. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

30. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

31. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

33. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

35. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

37. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

40. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

41. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

43. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

45. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

47. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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