Pulmonology

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

2. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

4. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

6. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

7. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

9. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

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

11. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

12. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

13. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

14. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

18. Brassy cough is seen in:

19. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

20. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

22. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

23. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

24. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

26. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

28. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

30. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

33. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

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

35. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

37. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

40. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

45. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

48. Viral pneumonia may have:

49. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

50. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?