Pulmonology

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

2. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

3. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

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

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

6. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

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

9. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

10. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

11. Brassy cough is seen in:

12. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

14. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

15. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

16. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

18. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

19. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

21. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

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

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

26. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

28. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

29. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

30. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

31. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

33. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

34. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

37. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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

41. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

42. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

43. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

45. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

46. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

49. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

50. Which is false regarding emphysema?