Pulmonology

1. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

3. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

4. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

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

6. Hypercarbia is associated with:

7. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

9. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

10. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

12. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

15. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

16. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

18. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

21. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

22. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

23. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

24. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

26. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

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

30. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

31. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

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

33. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

34. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

36. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

38. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

39. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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

41. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

42. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

43. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

45. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

48. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

49. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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