Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

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

8. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

10. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

11. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

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

13. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

14. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

15. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

17. Hypercarbia is associated with:

18. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

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

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

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

24. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

26. Clubbing is present in all except:

27. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

29. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

30. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

31. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

33. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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

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

36. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

37. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

38. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

39. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

42. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

44. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

45. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

46. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

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