Pulmonology

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

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

3. Brassy cough is seen in:

4. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

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

6. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

8. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

10. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

12. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

13. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

14. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

15. Viral pneumonia may have:

16. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

17. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

18. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

19. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

20. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

21. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

24. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

26. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

27. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

28. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

29. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

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

31. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

33. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

35. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

36. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

39. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

40. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

42. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

43. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

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

47. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

48. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

49. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

50. Amphoric breath sound is found in: