Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Emphysema is associated with all except:

5. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

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

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

11. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

12. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

13. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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

15. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

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

20. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

24. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

26. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

28. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

29. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

31. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

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

35. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

36. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

38. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

39. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

40. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

41. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

42. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

43. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

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

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

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

47. Which is false regarding emphysema?

48. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

49. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

50. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include: