Pulmonology

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

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

3. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

4. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

8. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

10. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

11. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

13. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

14. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

16. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

17. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

19. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

22. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

24. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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

26. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

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

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

29. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

30. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

31. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

32. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

33. All are features of hypercapnia except:

34. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

35. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

38. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

39. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

42. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

43. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

45. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

46. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

49. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

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