Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

5. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

8. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

10. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

11. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

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

13. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

14. Emphysema is associated with all except:

15. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

16. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

17. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

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

21. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

22. Viral pneumonia may have:

23. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

24. Clubbing is present in all except:

25. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

26. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

28. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

29. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

32. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

33. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

34. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

35. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

36. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

39. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

40. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

41. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

42. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

45. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

46. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

49. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

50. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?