Pulmonology

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

2. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

3. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

4. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

7. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

8. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

11. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

13. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

15. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

16. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

17. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

18. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

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

21. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

22. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

25. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

28. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

30. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

31. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

33. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

34. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

35. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

43. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

44. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

46. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

48. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

49. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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