Pulmonology

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

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

3. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

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

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

6. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

7. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

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

11. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

12. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

15. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

17. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

18. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

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

22. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

23. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

24. Emphysema is associated with all except:

25. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

27. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

28. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

29. All are features of hypercapnia except:

30. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

31. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

34. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

37. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

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

39. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

40. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

41. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

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

45. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

47. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

49. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

50. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies