Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. Brassy cough is seen in:

6. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

8. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

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

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

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

14. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

15. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

17. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

18. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

20. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

22. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

27. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

28. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

30. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

31. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

33. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

35. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

36. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

37. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

38. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

39. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

41. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

42. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

43. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

44. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

45. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

46. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

47. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

48. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

49. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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