Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

2. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

5. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

7. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

8. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

11. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

12. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

13. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

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

17. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

18. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

19. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

20. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

23. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

24. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

25. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

26. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

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

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

29. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

31. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

32. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

34. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

35. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

37. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

39. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

42. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

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

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

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

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

47. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

50. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except: