Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

7. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

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

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

12. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

14. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

15. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

16. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

18. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

20. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

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

22. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

24. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

25. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

26. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

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

30. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

33. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

35. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

38. Bradypnoea is associated with:

39. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

40. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

46. Emphysema is associated with all except:

47. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

48. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

49. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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