Pulmonology

1. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

2. Viral pneumonia may have:

3. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

4. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

7. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

9. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

10. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

11. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

12. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

14. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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

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

19. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

20. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

21. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

22. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

24. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

25. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

26. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

28. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

29. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

30. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

31. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

32. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

33. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

34. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

35. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

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

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

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

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

40. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

41. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

42. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

43. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

45. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

46. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

47. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

50. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to: