Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

5. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

7. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

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

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

10. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

11. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

13. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

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

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

18. Brassy cough is seen in:

19. Viral pneumonia may have:

20. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

21. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

22. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

23. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

24. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

25. Clubbing is present in all except:

26. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

28. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

29. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

31. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

33. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

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

37. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

38. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

39. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

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

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

42. Asbestosis is not related to:

43. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

44. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

46. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

47. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

49. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

50. Clubbing occurs earliest with: