Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

3. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

4. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

7. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

8. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

10. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

12. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

14. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

15. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

16. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

17. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

18. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

20. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

21. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

22. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

24. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

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

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

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

30. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

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

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

35. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

36. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

38. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

39. Brassy cough is seen in:

40. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

42. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

44. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

45. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

49. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

50. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies