Pulmonology

1. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

2. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

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

4. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

5. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

7. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

10. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

11. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

13. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

14. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

16. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

17. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

18. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

19. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

20. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

22. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

23. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

24. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

25. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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

27. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

29. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

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

33. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

35. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

38. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

40. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

42. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

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

46. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

47. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

48. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

50. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of: