Pulmonology

1. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

2. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

3. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

5. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

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

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

8. Emphysema is associated with all except:

9. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

10. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

16. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

17. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

18. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

20. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

21. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

22. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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

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

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

26. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

28. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

29. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

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

32. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

33. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

35. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

36. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

40. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

42. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

45. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

48. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

49. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

50. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in: