Pulmonology

1. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

2. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

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

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

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

8. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

9. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

10. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

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

15. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

16. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

19. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

20. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

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

22. Emphysema is associated with all except:

23. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

24. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

25. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

26. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

27. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

28. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

29. All are features of hypercapnia except:

30. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

31. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

32. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

35. Bradypnoea is associated with:

36. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

39. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

40. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

41. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

44. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

45. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

47. Hypercarbia is associated with:

48. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

50. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in: