Pulmonology

1. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

2. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

3. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

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

5. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

8. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

9. Hypercarbia is associated with:

10. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

12. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

15. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

16. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

17. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

18. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

19. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

21. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

22. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

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

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

27. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

28. Stridor is characteristically found in:

29. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

30. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

31. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

32. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

33. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

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

35. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

36. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

37. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

39. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

40. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

41. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

44. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

45. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

47. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

48. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

49. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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