Pulmonology

1. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

2. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

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

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

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

6. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

8. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

10. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

11. Hypercarbia is associated with:

12. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

15. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

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

17. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

19. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

20. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

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

24. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

25. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

26. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

27. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

37. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

38. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

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

40. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

42. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

43. Stridor is characteristically found in:

44. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

45. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

46. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

47. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

49. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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