Pulmonology

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

2. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

4. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

5. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

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

10. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

11. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

12. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

13. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

14. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

17. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

18. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

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

20. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

22. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

23. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

24. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

25. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

26. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

27. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

29. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

30. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

33. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

34. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

37. Stridor is characteristically found in:

38. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

39. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

40. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

42. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

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

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

46. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

48. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

49. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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