Pulmonology

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

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

3. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

4. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

5. Brassy cough is seen in:

6. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

7. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

8. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

9. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

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

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

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

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

14. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

15. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

16. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

17. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

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

20. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

21. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

23. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

24. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

26. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

28. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

31. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

33. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

34. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

35. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

36. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

37. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

38. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

40. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

41. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

42. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

43. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

44. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

46. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

47. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

49. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

50. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except: