Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

5. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

9. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

10. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

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

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

13. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

14. Hypercarbia is associated with:

15. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

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

17. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

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

19. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

20. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

23. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

24. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

26. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

27. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

29. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

30. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

36. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

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

39. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

40. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

41. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

43. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

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

47. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

48. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

49. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

50. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?