Pulmonology

1. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

3. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

4. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

5. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

9. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

10. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

12. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

13. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

15. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

17. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

18. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

20. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

21. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

22. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

23. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

25. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

26. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

28. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

29. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

30. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

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

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

33. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

34. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

36. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

38. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

40. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

41. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

42. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

45. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

47. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

48. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

49. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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