Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

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

6. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

7. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

8. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

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

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

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

12. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

14. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

15. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

16. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

17. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

18. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

20. Bradypnoea is associated with:

21. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

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

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

26. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

29. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

30. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

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

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

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

34. Clubbing is present in all except:

35. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

36. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

39. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

40. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

41. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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

45. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

48. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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