Pulmonology

1. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

3. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

4. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

5. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

8. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

9. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

10. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

12. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

13. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

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

15. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

16. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

18. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

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

22. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

23. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

25. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

27. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

28. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

30. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

32. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

33. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

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

35. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

36. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

37. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

38. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

39. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

40. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

42. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

43. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

44. Asbestosis is not related to:

45. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

46. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

47. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

48. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

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

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