Pulmonology

1. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

2. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

4. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

5. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

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

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

10. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

11. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

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

14. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

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

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

19. Which is false regarding emphysema?

20. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

24. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

25. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

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

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

30. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

31. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

32. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

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

34. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

35. Asbestosis is not related to:

36. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

37. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

38. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

39. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

40. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

41. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

43. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

44. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

45. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

46. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

47. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

50. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except: