Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

18. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

19. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

20. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

21. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

22. Asbestosis is not related to:

23. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

25. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

26. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

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

30. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

31. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

34. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

36. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

37. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

38. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

39. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

40. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

42. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

43. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

44. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

45. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

46. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

48. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

49. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

50. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is: