Pulmonology

1. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

3. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

4. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

7. Clubbing is present in all except:

8. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

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

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

11. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

12. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

13. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

14. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

15. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

16. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

17. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

18. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

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

22. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

23. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

24. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

25. All are features of hypercapnia except:

26. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

29. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

30. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

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

34. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

35. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

36. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

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

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

41. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

43. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

45. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

46. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

47. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

48. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

49. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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