Pulmonology

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

2. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

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

4. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

5. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

7. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

9. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

10. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

16. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

17. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

18. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

19. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

20. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

22. Viral pneumonia may have:

23. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

32. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

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

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

35. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

38. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

41. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

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

47. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

48. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

49. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

50. Asbestosis is not related to: