Pulmonology

1. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

2. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

3. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

4. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

6. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

8. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

10. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

12. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

14. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

15. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

16. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

17. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

18. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

20. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

23. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

25. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

27. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

28. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

29. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

31. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

33. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

34. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

36. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

38. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

41. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

43. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

44. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

46. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

47. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

48. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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