Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

6. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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

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

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

10. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

11. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

12. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

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

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

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

16. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

17. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

18. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

19. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

20. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

21. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

23. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

24. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

25. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

26. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

28. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

31. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

32. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

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

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

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

38. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

42. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

43. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

45. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

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

49. Hypercarbia is associated with:

50. FEV1/FVC is decreased in: