Pulmonology

1. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

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

5. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

7. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

8. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

9. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

10. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

12. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

13. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

14. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

17. Hypercarbia is associated with:

18. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

19. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

20. Clubbing is present in all except:

21. Stridor is characteristically found in:

22. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

23. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

24. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

25. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

27. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

28. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

30. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

32. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

35. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

36. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

39. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

40. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

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

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

43. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

44. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

45. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

46. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

47. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

48. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

49. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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