Pulmonology

1. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

3. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

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

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

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

7. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

10. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

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

14. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

16. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

17. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

20. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

22. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

23. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

25. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

26. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

27. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

28. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

29. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

31. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

32. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

33. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

34. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

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

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

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

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

39. Asbestosis is not related to:

40. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

43. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

44. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

45. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

47. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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