Pulmonology

1. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

3. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

7. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

8. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

9. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

10. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

11. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

14. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

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

17. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

19. All are features of hypercapnia except:

20. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

21. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

23. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

24. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

26. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

28. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

34. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

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

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

37. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

38. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

39. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

40. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

41. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

42. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

43. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

44. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

45. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

47. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

49. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

50. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?