Pulmonology

1. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

2. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

3. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

6. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

10. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

11. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

12. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

13. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

16. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

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

18. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

21. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

22. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

24. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

25. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

28. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

29. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

30. Emphysema is associated with all except:

31. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

32. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

33. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

34. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

35. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

36. Asbestosis is not related to:

37. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

39. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

42. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

44. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

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

46. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

47. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

48. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

49. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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