Pulmonology

1. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

4. Which is false regarding emphysema?

5. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

6. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

9. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

10. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

15. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

17. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

19. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

20. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

21. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

22. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

24. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

26. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

28. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

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

32. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

33. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

34. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

35. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

36. Stridor is characteristically found in:

37. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

41. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

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

43. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

44. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

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

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

49. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

50. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in: