Pulmonology

1. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

2. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

3. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

4. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

5. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

8. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

9. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

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

13. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

15. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

16. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

18. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

20. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

21. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

23. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

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

25. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

27. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

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

31. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

32. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

33. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

35. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

36. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

39. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

42. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

44. Emphysema is associated with all except:

45. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

46. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

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

48. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

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

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