Pulmonology

1. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

2. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

3. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

4. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

6. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

7. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

9. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

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

11. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

12. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

15. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

18. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

19. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

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

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

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

23. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

26. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

27. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

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

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

31. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

32. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

33. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

34. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

35. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

36. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

39. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

40. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

41. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

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

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

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

45. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

47. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

49. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

50. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of: