Pulmonology

1. Emphysema is associated with all except:

2. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

4. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

6. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

7. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

8. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

9. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

10. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

16. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

19. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

20. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

22. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

24. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

27. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

30. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

31. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

32. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

34. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

35. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

36. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

38. Clubbing is present in all except:

39. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

41. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

42. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

46. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

47. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

48. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

49. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

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