Pulmonology

1. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

2. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

3. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

6. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

9. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

10. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

11. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

12. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

14. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

16. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

18. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

20. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

21. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

23. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

25. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

26. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

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

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

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

31. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

33. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

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

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

36. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

39. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

41. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

44. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

45. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

47. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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