Pulmonology

1. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

2. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

4. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

6. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

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

9. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

12. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

14. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

15. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

16. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

17. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

18. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

19. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

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

21. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

22. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

23. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

25. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

27. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

28. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

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

32. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

35. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

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

39. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

42. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

43. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

44. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

45. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

46. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

47. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

48. Clubbing is present in all except:

49. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

50. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?