Pulmonology

1. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

2. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

3. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

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

5. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

6. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

7. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

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

11. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

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

15. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

18. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

20. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

23. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

24. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

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

28. Viral pneumonia may have:

29. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

32. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

33. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

38. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

40. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

41. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

42. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

44. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

47. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

48. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

49. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

50. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in: