Pulmonology

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

2. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

3. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

6. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

9. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

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

12. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

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

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

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

18. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

19. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

20. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

23. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

24. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

27. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

28. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

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

31. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

33. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

34. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

35. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

37. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

38. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

40. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

41. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

42. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

43. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

44. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

45. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

46. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

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

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

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

50. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in: