Pulmonology

1. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

4. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

6. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

8. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

9. Which is false regarding emphysema?

10. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

13. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

14. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

16. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. Viral pneumonia may have:

26. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

29. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

31. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

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

35. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

36. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

37. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

39. Stridor is characteristically found in:

40. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

41. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

42. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

44. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

45. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

46. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

47. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

48. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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