Pulmonology

1. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

4. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

5. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

6. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

7. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

9. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

10. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

11. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

12. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

13. Which is false regarding emphysema?

14. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

15. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

17. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

18. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

19. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

21. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

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

23. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

24. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

25. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

26. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

28. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

30. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

31. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

32. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

35. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

36. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

37. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

38. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

41. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

42. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

43. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

46. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

47. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

49. All are features of hypercapnia except:

50. The earliest sign of clubbing is: