Pulmonology

1. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

2. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

3. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

5. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

8. Hypercarbia is associated with:

9. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

10. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

11. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

12. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

13. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

14. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

15. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

16. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

19. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

22. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

24. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

26. Viral pneumonia may have:

27. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

30. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

31. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

32. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

34. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

35. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

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

37. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

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

39. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

40. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

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

42. All are features of hypercapnia except:

43. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

46. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

47. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

48. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

49. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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