Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

6. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

7. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

8. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

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

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

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

14. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

15. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

16. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

18. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

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

20. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

25. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

26. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

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

30. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

31. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

33. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

36. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

37. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

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

39. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

40. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

42. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

43. Viral pneumonia may have:

44. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

46. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

47. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

49. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

50. Which is false regarding emphysema?