Pulmonology

1. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

2. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

3. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

4. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

5. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

7. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

8. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

9. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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

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

12. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

13. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

15. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

17. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

18. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

20. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

21. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

23. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

24. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

25. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

26. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

27. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

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

32. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

33. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

34. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

36. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

38. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

41. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

42. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

43. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

45. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

46. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

49. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

50. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?