Pulmonology

1. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

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

5. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

7. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

8. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

10. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

11. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

14. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

16. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

17. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

18. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

19. Stridor is characteristically found in:

20. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

21. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

23. Which is false regarding emphysema?

24. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

25. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

27. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

28. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

30. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

32. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

33. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

35. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

36. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

37. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

38. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

39. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

41. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

42. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

44. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

47. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

48. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

50. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?