Pulmonology

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

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

3. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

5. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

6. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

8. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

12. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

13. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

15. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

16. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

17. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

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

19. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

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

23. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

24. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

25. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

27. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

28. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

29. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

30. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

31. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

33. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

36. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

37. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

38. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

40. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

41. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

42. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

43. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

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

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

46. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

47. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

48. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

50. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except: