Pulmonology

1. All are features of hypercapnia except:

2. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

3. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

4. Bradypnoea is associated with:

5. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

6. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

7. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

10. Emphysema is associated with all except:

11. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

12. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

13. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

14. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

16. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

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

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

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

20. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

22. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

23. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

25. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

26. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

28. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

30. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

31. Which is false regarding emphysema?

32. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

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

34. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

36. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

39. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

41. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

42. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

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

46. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

48. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

49. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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