Pulmonology

1. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

3. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

4. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

7. Brassy cough is seen in:

8. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

9. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

10. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

11. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

14. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

15. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

17. Stridor is characteristically found in:

18. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

19. All are features of hypercapnia except:

20. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

21. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

22. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

25. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

34. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

35. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

36. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

38. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

41. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

45. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

47. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

49. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

50. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of: