Pulmonology

1. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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

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

6. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

7. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

9. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

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

11. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

12. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

15. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

16. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

18. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

19. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

21. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

23. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

25. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

27. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

28. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

31. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

32. Emphysema is associated with all except:

33. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

35. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

36. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

38. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

39. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

40. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

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

42. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

43. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

44. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

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

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

47. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

48. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

49. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

50. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?