Pulmonology

1. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

4. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

5. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

6. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

7. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

8. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

9. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

10. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

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

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

15. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

16. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

18. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

20. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

21. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

22. Emphysema is associated with all except:

23. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

24. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

25. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

27. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

28. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

29. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

30. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

31. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

33. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

35. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

36. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

37. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

38. Hypercarbia is associated with:

39. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

41. Stridor is characteristically found in:

42. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

43. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

44. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

45. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

46. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

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