Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

3. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

5. Brassy cough is seen in:

6. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

7. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

9. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

10. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

11. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

13. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

14. Which is false regarding emphysema?

15. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

16. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

17. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

18. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

19. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

20. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

23. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

24. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

25. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

27. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

28. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

29. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

30. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

31. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

32. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

33. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

34. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

38. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

39. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

40. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

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

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

43. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

44. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

45. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

48. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

49. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

50. All are true in pneumomediastinum except: