Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

3. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

6. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

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

10. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

12. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

13. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

14. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

16. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

18. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

19. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

20. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

21. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

22. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

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

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

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

26. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

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

28. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

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

33. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

34. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

35. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

36. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

37. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

38. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

40. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

43. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

46. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

47. Emphysema is associated with all except:

48. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

49. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

50. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except: