Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

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

6. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

7. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

10. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

11. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

12. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

14. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

15. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

16. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

17. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

18. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

19. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

22. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

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

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

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

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

27. Clubbing is present in all except:

28. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

30. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

31. All are features of hypercapnia except:

32. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

33. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

34. Brassy cough is seen in:

35. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

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

37. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

38. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

42. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

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

45. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

46. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

47. Which is false regarding emphysema?

48. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

50. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?