Pulmonology

1. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

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

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

4. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

5. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

6. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

7. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

8. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

9. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

10. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

11. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

12. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

14. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

17. Emphysema is associated with all except:

18. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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

22. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

23. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

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

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

26. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

28. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

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

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

33. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

34. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

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

38. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

40. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

41. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

42. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

44. Asbestosis is not related to:

45. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

46. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

49. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

50. FEV1/FVC is decreased in: