Pulmonology

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

2. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

3. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

4. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

5. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

6. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

8. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

9. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

10. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

12. Bradypnoea is associated with:

13. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

16. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

17. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

18. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

20. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

22. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

23. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

24. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

26. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

27. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

29. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

30. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

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

34. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

36. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

37. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

39. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

40. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

41. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

42. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

43. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

47. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

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