Pulmonology

1. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

2. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

3. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

4. Bradypnoea is associated with:

5. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

6. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

7. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

8. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

9. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

10. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

13. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

14. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

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

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

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

18. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

20. Emphysema is associated with all except:

21. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

23. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

25. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

27. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

28. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

29. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

30. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

31. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

33. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

34. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

35. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

36. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

37. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

38. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

40. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

41. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

43. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

44. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

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

46. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

48. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

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

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