Pulmonology

1. Hypercarbia is associated with:

2. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

3. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

4. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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

6. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

7. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

8. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

10. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

11. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

13. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

14. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

23. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

24. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

25. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

26. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

27. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

28. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

31. All are features of hypercapnia except:

32. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

33. Brassy cough is seen in:

34. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

35. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

36. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

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

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

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

41. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

43. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

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

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

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

47. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

48. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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