Pulmonology

1. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

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

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

6. Clubbing is present in all except:

7. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

9. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

10. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

13. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

14. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

15. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

17. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

18. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

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

20. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

21. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

22. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

26. Viral pneumonia may have:

27. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

28. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

30. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

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

32. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

34. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

36. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

37. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

39. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

41. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

43. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

44. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

45. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

49. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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