Pulmonology

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

2. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

3. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

5. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

6. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

8. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

9. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

13. All are features of hypercapnia except:

14. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

18. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

20. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

21. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

22. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

23. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

24. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

25. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

26. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

27. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

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

31. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

32. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

33. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

35. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

37. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

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

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

40. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

41. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

44. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

46. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

47. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

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