Pulmonology

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

2. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

4. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

5. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

6. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

8. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

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

12. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

13. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

14. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

15. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

17. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

18. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

19. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

21. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

23. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

25. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

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

29. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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

31. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

32. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

34. Which is false regarding emphysema?

35. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

36. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

37. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

39. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

40. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

42. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

45. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

46. Emphysema is associated with all except:

47. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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