Pulmonology

1. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

7. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

8. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

9. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

14. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

15. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

18. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

19. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

20. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

22. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

23. Brassy cough is seen in:

24. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

27. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

28. Stridor is characteristically found in:

29. Asbestosis is not related to:

30. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

36. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

37. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

38. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

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

42. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

43. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

45. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

46. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

49. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

50. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of: