Pulmonology

1. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

2. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

3. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

4. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

7. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

9. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

10. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

11. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

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

13. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

16. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

17. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

18. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

19. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

20. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

22. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

23. Viral pneumonia may have:

24. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

25. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

26. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

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

28. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

29. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

37. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

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

41. Bradypnoea is associated with:

42. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

43. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

44. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

45. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

47. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

49. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

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