Pulmonology

1. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

3. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

4. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

6. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

7. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

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

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

12. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

13. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

14. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

16. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

17. Hypercarbia is associated with:

18. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

19. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

20. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

21. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

22. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

25. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

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

29. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

30. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

31. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

32. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

34. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

35. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

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

37. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

38. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

42. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

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

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

45. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

46. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

47. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

49. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

50. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of: