Pulmonology

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

2. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

3. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

4. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

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

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

7. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

8. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

10. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

12. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

13. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

16. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

19. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

20. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

21. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

22. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

23. All are features of hypercapnia except:

24. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

26. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

28. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

30. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

31. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

32. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

34. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

39. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

41. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

44. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

45. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

46. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

48. Viral pneumonia may have:

49. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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