Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

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

8. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

9. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

10. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

11. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

13. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

16. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

17. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

19. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

21. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

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

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

26. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

27. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

28. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

30. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

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

32. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

33. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

34. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

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

38. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

40. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

42. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

43. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

44. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

46. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

49. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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