Pulmonology

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

2. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

5. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

6. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

7. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

9. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

10. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

12. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

13. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

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

16. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

17. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

18. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

20. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

23. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

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

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

26. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

27. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

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

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

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

33. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

35. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

36. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

38. Emphysema is associated with all except:

39. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

40. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

41. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

43. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

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

47. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

48. Stridor is characteristically found in:

49. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

50. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except: