Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

8. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

9. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

10. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

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

15. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

16. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

17. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

18. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

19. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

21. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

23. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

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

25. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

26. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

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

28. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

29. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

30. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

32. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

41. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

42. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

44. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

45. Brassy cough is seen in:

46. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

49. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

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