Pulmonology

1. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

3. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

4. All are features of hypercapnia except:

5. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

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

7. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

8. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

10. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

12. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

14. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

15. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

16. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

18. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

19. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

20. Brassy cough is seen in:

21. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

24. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

25. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

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

31. Viral pneumonia may have:

32. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

33. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

34. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

35. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

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

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

41. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

42. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

44. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

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

48. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

49. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

50. Clubbing occurs earliest with: