Pulmonology

1. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

2. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

5. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

7. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

13. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

14. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

16. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

17. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

18. Viral pneumonia may have:

19. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

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

21. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

22. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

23. Which is false regarding emphysema?

24. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

25. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

26. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

27. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

28. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

29. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

32. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

33. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

34. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

35. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

36. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

37. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

39. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

40. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

42. Hypercarbia is associated with:

43. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

44. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

46. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

47. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

49. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

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