Pulmonology

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

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

3. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

4. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

5. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

6. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

7. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

11. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

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

13. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

14. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

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

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

17. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

18. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

19. Clubbing is present in all except:

20. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

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

25. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

27. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

28. Viral pneumonia may have:

29. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

30. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

31. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

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

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

34. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

36. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

37. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

38. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

39. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

41. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

42. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

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

46. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

47. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

49. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

50. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of: