Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

2. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

3. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

7. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

8. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

11. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

13. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

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

15. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

17. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

18. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

19. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

20. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

21. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

22. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

24. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

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

28. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

30. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

31. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

32. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

33. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

35. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

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

37. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

38. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

40. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

42. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

44. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

46. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

47. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

48. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

49. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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