Pulmonology

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

2. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

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

5. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

6. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

9. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

12. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

14. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

17. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

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

21. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

22. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

23. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

26. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

27. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

28. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

30. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

32. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

33. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

35. Which is false regarding emphysema?

36. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

38. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

41. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

42. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

43. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

44. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

45. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

47. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

48. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

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

50. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?