Pulmonology

1. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

3. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

4. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

5. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

7. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

9. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

10. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

14. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

15. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

18. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

20. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

23. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

25. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

26. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

27. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

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

31. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

34. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

37. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

39. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

41. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

42. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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

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

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

46. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

48. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

49. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

50. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of: