Pulmonology

1. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

2. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

4. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

7. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

10. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

11. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

13. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

15. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

16. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

17. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

19. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

21. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

23. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

25. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

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

29. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

30. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

31. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

33. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

34. Which is false regarding emphysema?

35. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

36. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

38. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

39. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

43. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

44. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

46. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

48. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

49. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

50. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is: