Pulmonology

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

2. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

4. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

7. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

9. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

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

12. Stridor is characteristically found in:

13. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

15. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

16. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

17. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

18. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

19. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

22. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

23. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

25. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

26. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

34. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

36. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

37. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

38. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

39. Bradypnoea is associated with:

40. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

42. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

43. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

44. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

45. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

46. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

47. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

50. Viral pneumonia may have: