Pulmonology

1. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

4. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

5. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

6. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

7. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

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

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

10. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

11. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

12. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

13. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

15. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

16. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

18. Hypercarbia is associated with:

19. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

21. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

22. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

24. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

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

26. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

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

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

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

30. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

32. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

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

35. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

36. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

37. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

38. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

40. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

42. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

44. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

45. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

46. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

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

50. Stridor is characteristically found in: