Pulmonology

1. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

4. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

5. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

6. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

7. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

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

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

12. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

13. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

15. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

16. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

18. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

21. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

22. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

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

24. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

26. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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

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

29. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

30. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

31. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

32. Hypercarbia is associated with:

33. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

35. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

36. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

37. Bradypnoea is associated with:

38. Viral pneumonia may have:

39. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

41. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

43. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

44. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

45. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

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

50. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of: