Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

2. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

3. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

5. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

6. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

8. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

9. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

11. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

12. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

13. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

16. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

17. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

18. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

20. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

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

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

23. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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

27. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

29. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

30. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

31. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

34. Stridor is characteristically found in:

35. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

36. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

37. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

38. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

39. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

40. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

41. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

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

43. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

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

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

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

47. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

48. Which is false regarding emphysema?

49. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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