Pulmonology

1. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

2. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

4. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

7. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

10. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

13. Hypercarbia is associated with:

14. Which is false regarding emphysema?

15. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

16. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

17. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

18. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

20. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

22. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

24. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

25. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

26. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

27. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

28. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

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

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

31. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

32. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

33. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

36. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

37. All are features of hypercapnia except:

38. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

39. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

40. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

41. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

42. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

43. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

44. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

47. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

48. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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