Pulmonology

1. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

2. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

3. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

4. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

8. Hypercarbia is associated with:

9. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

10. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

11. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

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

15. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

16. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

17. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

18. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

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

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

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

24. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

25. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

27. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

29. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

30. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

31. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

34. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

35. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

36. Which is false regarding emphysema?

37. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

38. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

40. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

42. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

44. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

45. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

46. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

47. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

48. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

50. Farmer’s lung is caused by: