Pulmonology

1. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

4. Emphysema is associated with all except:

5. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

6. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

7. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

9. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

10. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

13. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

15. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

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

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

19. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

20. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

21. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

22. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

23. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

24. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

25. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

27. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

28. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

29. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

33. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

34. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

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

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

39. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

42. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

43. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

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

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

46. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

47. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

50. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of: