Pulmonology

1. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

2. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

4. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

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

6. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

9. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

10. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

12. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

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

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

15. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

18. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

19. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

26. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

27. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

28. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

29. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

30. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

32. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

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

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

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

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

38. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

39. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

42. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

44. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

45. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

46. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

47. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

48. Bradypnoea is associated with:

49. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

50. Scar carcinoma of the lung is: