Pulmonology

1. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

2. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

3. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

4. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

5. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

6. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

8. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

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

10. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

14. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

15. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

16. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

17. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

18. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

21. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

22. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

23. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

24. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

25. Hypercarbia is associated with:

26. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

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

28. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

30. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

31. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

33. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

34. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

35. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

36. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

38. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

41. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

43. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

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

45. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

46. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

47. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

49. All are features of hypercapnia except:

50. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as: