Pulmonology

1. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

4. Asbestosis is not related to:

5. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

6. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

7. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

9. All are features of hypercapnia except:

10. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

12. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

13. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

14. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

15. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

16. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

17. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

18. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

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

27. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

29. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

30. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

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

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

33. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

34. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

37. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

38. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

40. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

43. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

44. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

45. Hypercarbia is associated with:

46. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

49. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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