Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

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

8. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

10. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

11. Emphysema is associated with all except:

12. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

13. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

15. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

16. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

18. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

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

20. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

21. Bradypnoea is associated with:

22. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

25. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

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

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

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

29. Hypercarbia is associated with:

30. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

31. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

32. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

33. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

34. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

36. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

39. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

40. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

42. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

43. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

46. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

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

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