Pulmonology

1. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

2. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

4. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

6. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

7. Asbestosis is not related to:

8. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

9. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

10. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

12. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

13. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

16. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

17. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

18. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

22. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

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

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

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

26. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

28. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

29. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

30. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

31. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

33. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

38. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

40. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

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

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

45. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

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

49. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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