Pulmonology

1. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

2. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

3. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

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

6. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

8. Viral pneumonia may have:

9. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

10. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. All are features of hypercapnia except:

18. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

19. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

20. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

23. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

24. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

26. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

27. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

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

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

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

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

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

33. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

34. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

35. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

36. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

37. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

38. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

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

42. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

45. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

46. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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

48. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

49. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

50. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to: