Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

2. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

3. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

6. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

8. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

9. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

10. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

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

15. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

16. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

17. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

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

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

20. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

22. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

25. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

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

29. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

30. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

33. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

34. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

35. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

36. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

37. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

40. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

41. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

42. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

43. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

45. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

46. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

48. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

49. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

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