Pulmonology

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

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

3. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

6. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

8. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

9. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

11. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

12. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

15. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

16. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

17. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

19. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

20. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

22. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

23. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

24. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

25. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

26. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

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

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

31. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

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

33. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

35. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

36. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

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

40. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

41. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

42. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

43. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

44. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

45. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

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

50. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is: