Pulmonology

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

2. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

3. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

5. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

7. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

10. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

12. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

14. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

15. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

16. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

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

18. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

19. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

21. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

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

25. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

26. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

28. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

29. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

30. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

31. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

33. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

34. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

35. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

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

38. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

39. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

40. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

41. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

42. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

45. Stridor is characteristically found in:

46. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

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