Pulmonology

1. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

2. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

3. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

4. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

5. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

6. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

8. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

10. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

12. Stridor is characteristically found in:

13. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

14. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

15. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

17. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

18. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

19. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

22. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

24. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

30. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

31. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

32. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

33. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

34. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

35. Hypercarbia is associated with:

36. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

38. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

39. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

40. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

42. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

45. All are features of hypercapnia except:

46. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

47. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

49. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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