Pulmonology

1. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

3. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

4. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

5. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

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

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

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

9. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

11. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

12. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

14. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

15. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

17. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

18. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

19. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

20. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

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

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

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

24. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

27. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

29. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

32. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

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

34. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

35. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

37. Bradypnoea is associated with:

38. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

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

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

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

42. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

44. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

45. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

46. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

48. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

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

50. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is: