Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

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

6. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

7. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

8. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

9. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

11. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

12. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

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

14. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

15. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

17. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

18. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

22. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

34. Stridor is characteristically found in:

35. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

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

38. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

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

40. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

42. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

43. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

44. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

45. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

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

47. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

48. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

49. Bradypnoea is associated with:

50. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in: