Pulmonology

1. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

3. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

5. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

6. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

8. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

9. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

10. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

13. Emphysema is associated with all except:

14. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

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

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

17. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

18. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

20. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

22. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

23. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

24. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

26. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

28. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

31. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

32. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

33. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

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

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

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

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

38. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

40. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

41. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

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

43. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

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

47. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

50. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to: