Pulmonology

1. Bradypnoea is associated with:

2. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

3. Emphysema is associated with all except:

4. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

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

6. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

7. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

10. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

11. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

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

15. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

16. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

18. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

20. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

21. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

22. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

23. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

24. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

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

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

29. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

30. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

31. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

32. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

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

36. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

37. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

39. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

40. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

41. Stridor is characteristically found in:

42. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

43. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

44. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

45. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

46. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

47. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

48. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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