Pulmonology

1. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

2. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

3. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

4. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

6. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

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

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

12. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

13. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

15. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

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

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

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

19. Which is false regarding emphysema?

20. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

22. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

23. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

25. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

27. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

28. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

29. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

31. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

33. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

34. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

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

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

37. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

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

39. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

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

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

44. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

46. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

48. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

49. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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