Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

4. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

5. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

6. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

9. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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

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

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

13. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

14. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

15. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

16. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

17. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

18. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

19. All are features of hypercapnia except:

20. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

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

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

25. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

26. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

27. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

29. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

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

33. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

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

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

36. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

37. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

39. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

40. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

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

44. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

45. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

46. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

47. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

49. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

50. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to: