Pulmonology

1. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

3. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

5. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

6. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

8. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

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

12. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

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

16. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

18. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

20. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

23. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

24. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

25. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

26. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

27. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

28. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

29. Which is false regarding emphysema?

30. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

31. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

33. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

34. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

35. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

36. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

37. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

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

39. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

40. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

42. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

46. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

47. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

48. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

49. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

50. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of: