Pulmonology

1. Which is false regarding emphysema?

2. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

3. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

4. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

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

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

9. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

10. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

11. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

12. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

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

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

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

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

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

18. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

19. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

21. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

23. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

24. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

27. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

28. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

29. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

30. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

31. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

32. Clubbing is present in all except:

33. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

35. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

37. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

38. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

40. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

41. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

48. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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