Pulmonology

1. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

3. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

4. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

6. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

8. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

11. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

12. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

15. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

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

19. Hypercarbia is associated with:

20. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

21. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

22. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

24. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

25. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

26. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

27. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

29. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

31. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

33. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

34. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

36. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

37. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

38. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

39. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

40. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

41. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

42. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

44. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

46. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

47. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

50. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by: