Pulmonology

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

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

3. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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

5. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

7. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

8. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

9. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

12. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

13. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

14. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

15. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

16. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

20. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

22. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

24. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

26. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

29. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

30. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

31. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

32. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

34. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

35. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

37. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

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

39. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

40. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

41. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

45. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

46. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

48. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

49. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

50. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?