Pulmonology

1. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

2. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

4. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

5. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

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

7. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

8. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

11. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

12. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

15. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

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

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

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

19. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

21. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

23. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

24. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

26. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

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

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

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

32. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

33. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

34. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

35. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

36. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

37. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

39. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

40. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

41. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

43. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

44. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

45. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

46. Stridor is characteristically found in:

47. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

48. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

50. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is: