Pulmonology

1. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

2. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

4. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

5. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

7. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

8. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

9. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

10. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

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

15. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

16. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

17. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

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

21. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

22. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

24. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

25. Clubbing is present in all except:

26. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

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

30. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

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

34. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

36. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

37. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

38. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

40. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

42. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

46. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

50. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is: