Pulmonology

1. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

5. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

6. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

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

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

11. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

12. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

13. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

21. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

22. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

23. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

24. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

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

26. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

28. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

29. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

31. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

32. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

33. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

34. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

35. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

36. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

38. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

39. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

40. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

42. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

44. Hypercarbia is associated with:

45. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

46. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

47. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

48. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

49. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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