Pulmonology

1. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

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

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

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

7. All are features of hypercapnia except:

8. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

9. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

10. Asbestosis is not related to:

11. Bradypnoea is associated with:

12. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

13. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

16. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

17. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

18. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

22. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

23. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

26. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

27. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

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

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

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

31. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

39. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

41. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

43. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

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

47. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

48. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

49. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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