Pulmonology

1. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

5. Clubbing is present in all except:

6. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

7. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

8. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

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

10. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

11. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

13. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

14. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

15. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

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

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

21. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

22. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

23. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

24. Bradypnoea is associated with:

25. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

26. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

30. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

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

35. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

36. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

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

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

39. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

41. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

42. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

43. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

45. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

47. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

48. Brassy cough is seen in:

49. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

50. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in: