Pulmonology

1. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

2. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

4. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

5. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

6. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

9. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

10. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

11. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

14. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

15. Bradypnoea is associated with:

16. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

17. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

19. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

20. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

22. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

23. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

25. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

27. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

28. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

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

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

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

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

33. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

35. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

36. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

37. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

40. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

41. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

42. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

43. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

44. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

45. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

46. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

48. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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