Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

3. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

5. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

6. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

7. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

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

10. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

11. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

13. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

14. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

16. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

18. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

19. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

20. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

23. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

24. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

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

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

27. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

29. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

30. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

31. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

32. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

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

34. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

35. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

37. Bradypnoea is associated with:

38. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

41. Which is false regarding emphysema?

42. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

48. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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