Pulmonology

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

2. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

4. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

7. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

9. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

10. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

12. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

13. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

14. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

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

16. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

17. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

19. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

20. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

21. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

22. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

24. Brassy cough is seen in:

25. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

26. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

27. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

28. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

29. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

31. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

33. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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

35. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

36. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

37. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

38. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

39. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

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

43. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

44. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

45. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

48. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

50. Clubbing is present in all except: