Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

5. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

7. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

9. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

10. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

13. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

14. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

15. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

17. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

18. Hypercarbia is associated with:

19. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

21. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

22. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

24. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

27. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

29. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

30. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

33. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

35. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

36. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

37. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

39. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

41. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

43. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

44. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

45. Viral pneumonia may have:

46. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

47. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

49. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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