Pulmonology

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

2. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

3. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

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

7. Which is false regarding emphysema?

8. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

9. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

10. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

11. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

13. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

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

15. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

18. Hypercarbia is associated with:

19. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

20. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

21. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

22. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

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

26. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

27. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

28. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

29. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

32. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

33. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

35. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

36. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

44. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

46. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

49. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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