Pulmonology

1. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

2. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

3. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

4. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

5. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

8. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

9. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

10. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

12. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

13. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

14. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

15. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

17. Stridor is characteristically found in:

18. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

20. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

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

22. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

24. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

26. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

27. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

28. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

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

32. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

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

36. All are features of hypercapnia except:

37. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

38. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

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

40. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

42. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

44. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

45. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

46. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

47. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

49. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

50. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except: