Pulmonology

1. All are features of hypercapnia except:

2. Brassy cough is seen in:

3. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

6. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

7. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

9. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

11. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

12. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

15. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

18. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

20. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

22. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

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

33. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

34. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

36. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

37. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

39. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

40. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

41. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

42. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

43. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

46. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

48. Stridor is characteristically found in:

49. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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