Pulmonology

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

2. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

3. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

4. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

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

6. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

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

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

9. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

10. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

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

14. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

15. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

16. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

17. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

18. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

19. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

20. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

22. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

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

24. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

26. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

28. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

32. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

34. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

35. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

36. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

38. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

39. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

41. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

43. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

44. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

45. Asbestosis is not related to:

46. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

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

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