Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

4. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

6. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

15. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

17. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

19. Brassy cough is seen in:

20. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

22. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

23. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

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

27. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

28. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

29. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

30. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

32. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

33. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

35. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

36. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

39. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

41. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

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

44. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

45. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

46. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

49. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

50. Stridor is not a manifestation of: