Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

6. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

7. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

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

9. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

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

11. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

12. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

13. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

15. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

16. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

18. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

20. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

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

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

25. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

26. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

29. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

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

32. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

33. Viral pneumonia may have:

34. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

36. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

38. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

39. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

40. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

42. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

44. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

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

48. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

49. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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