Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

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

9. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

12. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

15. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

17. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

18. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

19. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

20. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

21. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

22. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

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

26. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

27. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

29. Which is false regarding emphysema?

30. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

31. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

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

33. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

36. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

38. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

40. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

43. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

45. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

46. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

47. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

48. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

50. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except: