Pulmonology

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

2. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

5. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

6. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

8. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

9. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

12. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

13. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

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

17. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

19. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

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

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

25. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

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

29. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

30. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

32. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

36. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

37. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

39. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

40. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

42. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

44. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

45. Emphysema is associated with all except:

46. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

48. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

49. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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