Pulmonology

1. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

2. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

3. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

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

7. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

8. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

12. Which is false regarding emphysema?

13. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

14. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

15. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

16. Asbestosis is not related to:

17. Emphysema is associated with all except:

18. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

19. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

22. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

23. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

24. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

26. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

27. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

28. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

29. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

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

33. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

34. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

35. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

36. All are features of hypercapnia except:

37. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

40. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

41. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

42. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

43. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

45. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

46. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

48. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

50. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?