Pulmonology

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

2. All are features of hypercapnia except:

3. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

4. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

5. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

11. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

13. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

14. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

15. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

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

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

20. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

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

24. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

27. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

29. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

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

33. Hypercarbia is associated with:

34. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

35. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

37. Emphysema is associated with all except:

38. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

39. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

40. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

41. Stridor is characteristically found in:

42. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

43. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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

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

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

49. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

50. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?