Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

3. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

4. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

7. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

8. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

10. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

11. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

14. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

16. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

17. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

18. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

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

22. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

23. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

24. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

27. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

28. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

29. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

30. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

31. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

32. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

33. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

34. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

36. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

37. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

38. All are features of hypercapnia except:

39. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

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

43. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

45. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

46. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

47. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

49. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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