Pulmonology

1. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

4. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

5. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

6. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

7. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

9. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

10. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

13. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

14. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

15. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

17. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

18. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

20. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

22. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

24. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

25. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

26. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

29. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

30. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

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

34. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

36. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

37. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

38. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

41. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

44. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

46. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

47. Stridor is characteristically found in:

48. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

49. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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