Pulmonology

1. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

2. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

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

4. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

5. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

8. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

11. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

12. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

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

14. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

15. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

16. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

17. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

18. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

19. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

22. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

23. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

24. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

25. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

26. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

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

30. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

32. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

33. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

36. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

37. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

38. All are features of hypercapnia except:

39. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

40. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

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

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

44. Asbestosis is not related to:

45. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

47. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

48. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

49. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

50. Viral pneumonia may have: