Pulmonology

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

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

3. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

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

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

7. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

8. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

10. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

11. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

12. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

15. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

17. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

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

19. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

20. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

21. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

22. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

23. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

24. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

25. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

26. Brassy cough is seen in:

27. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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

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

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

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

32. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

38. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

41. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

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

45. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

48. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

50. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?