Pulmonology

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

2. Which is false regarding emphysema?

3. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

6. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

9. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

10. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

13. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

15. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

16. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

17. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

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

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

23. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

24. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

25. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

26. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

27. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

28. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

29. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

31. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

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

33. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

35. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

36. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

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

38. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

40. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

41. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

42. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

43. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

44. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

45. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

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

49. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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