Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

6. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

7. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

8. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

10. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

11. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

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

15. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

17. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

20. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

22. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

25. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

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

27. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

28. Asbestosis is not related to:

29. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

30. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

31. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

32. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

33. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

35. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

36. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

37. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

38. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

39. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

41. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

43. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

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

45. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

47. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

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