Pulmonology

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

2. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

4. All are features of hypercapnia except:

5. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

6. Bradypnoea is associated with:

7. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

8. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

9. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

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

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

12. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

13. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

15. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

16. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

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

20. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

21. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

22. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

25. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

27. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

29. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

32. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

33. Hypercarbia is associated with:

34. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

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

38. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

41. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

43. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

44. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

46. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

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

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