Pulmonology

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

2. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

4. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

6. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

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

8. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

9. Bradypnoea is associated with:

10. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

12. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

14. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

15. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

18. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

19. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

22. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

25. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

26. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

29. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

30. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

31. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

32. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

33. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

34. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

35. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

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

39. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

41. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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

43. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

44. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

45. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

46. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

47. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

48. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

49. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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