Pulmonology

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

2. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

3. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

4. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

6. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

7. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

8. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

9. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

11. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

12. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

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

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

17. All are features of hypercapnia except:

18. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

19. Bradypnoea is associated with:

20. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

21. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

22. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

23. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

26. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

29. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

30. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

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

32. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

33. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

35. Which is false regarding emphysema?

36. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

37. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

38. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

39. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

41. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

42. Asbestosis is not related to:

43. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

44. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

46. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

48. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

49. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

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