Pulmonology

1. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

2. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

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

4. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

7. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

10. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

11. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

13. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

16. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

18. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

19. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

21. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

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

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

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

25. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

29. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

32. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

33. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

34. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

35. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

37. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

38. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

40. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

41. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

43. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

44. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

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

46. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

47. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

48. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

49. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

50. Clubbing is present in all except: