Pulmonology

1. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

4. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

5. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

6. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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

10. Brassy cough is seen in:

11. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

12. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

13. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

14. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

16. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

17. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

18. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

19. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

21. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

22. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

23. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

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

25. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

27. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

29. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

30. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

32. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

35. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

36. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

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

38. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

39. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

40. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

41. Viral pneumonia may have:

42. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

43. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

46. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

47. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

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