Pulmonology

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

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

3. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

4. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

6. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

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

8. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

10. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

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

14. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

15. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

16. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

17. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

18. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

19. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

20. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

21. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

24. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

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

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

29. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

30. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

33. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

34. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

35. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

38. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

40. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

42. Clubbing is present in all except:

43. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

44. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

45. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

47. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

48. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

49. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

50. Clubbing occurs earliest with: