Pulmonology

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

2. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

3. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

4. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

13. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

16. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

17. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

18. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

19. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

20. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

21. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

22. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

23. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

24. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

25. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

26. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

29. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

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

31. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

32. All are features of hypercapnia except:

33. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

34. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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

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

37. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

38. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

39. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

40. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

41. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

43. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

45. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

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

49. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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