Pulmonology

1. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

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

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

6. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

8. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

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

10. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

13. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

15. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

17. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

18. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

19. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

20. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

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

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

25. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

27. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

28. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

29. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

32. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

33. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

34. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

35. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

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

37. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

38. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

39. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

41. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

42. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

43. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

44. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

45. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

48. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

49. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

50. Amphoric breath sound is found in: