Pulmonology

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

2. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

4. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

7. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

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

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

12. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

14. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

15. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

16. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

17. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

18. Which is false regarding emphysema?

19. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

20. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

22. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

24. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

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

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

27. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

30. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

31. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

33. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

34. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

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

36. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

37. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

40. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

41. Brassy cough is seen in:

42. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

43. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

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

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

47. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

48. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

49. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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