Pulmonology

1. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

3. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

4. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

5. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

7. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

10. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

11. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

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

13. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

16. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

19. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

20. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

21. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

22. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

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

24. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

25. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

27. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

28. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

29. Brassy cough is seen in:

30. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

32. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

33. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

35. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

37. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

40. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

43. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

45. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

47. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

50. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies