Pulmonology

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

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

3. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

5. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

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

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

8. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

9. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

10. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

12. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

13. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

14. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

15. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

16. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

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

20. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

22. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

23. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

26. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

27. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

28. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

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

32. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

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

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

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

37. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

41. Viral pneumonia may have:

42. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

47. Bradypnoea is associated with:

48. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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