Pulmonology

1. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

2. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

3. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

4. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

6. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

7. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

9. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

10. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

12. Bradypnoea is associated with:

13. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

14. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

15. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

16. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

17. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

18. Stridor is characteristically found in:

19. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

22. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

24. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

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

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

29. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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

31. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

32. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

38. Hypercarbia is associated with:

39. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

41. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

42. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

44. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

45. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

47. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

48. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

50. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is: