Pulmonology

1. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

3. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

5. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

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

11. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

12. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

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

14. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

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

16. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

17. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

18. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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

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

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

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

23. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

25. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

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

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

28. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

29. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

31. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

32. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

34. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

35. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

36. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

39. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

40. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

41. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

42. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

43. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

44. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

47. Which is false regarding emphysema?

48. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

49. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

50. Mantoux test may be negative in all except: