Pulmonology

1. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

3. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

5. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

6. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

8. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

10. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

11. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

12. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

13. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

14. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

16. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

17. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

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

21. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

23. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

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

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

29. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

30. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

31. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

34. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

35. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

37. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

39. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

40. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

43. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

45. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

46. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

47. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

48. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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