Pulmonology

1. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

2. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

3. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

4. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

5. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

6. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

7. Clubbing is present in all except:

8. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

9. Viral pneumonia may have:

10. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

14. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

16. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

18. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

19. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

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

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

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

23. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

24. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

25. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

27. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

28. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

29. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

30. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

34. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

36. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

37. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

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

41. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

43. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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

45. Hypercarbia is associated with:

46. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

47. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

48. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

49. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

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