Pulmonology

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

2. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

4. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

5. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

8. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

10. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

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

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

13. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

14. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

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

18. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

19. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

20. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

21. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

22. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

25. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

26. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

28. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

33. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

35. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

37. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

39. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

40. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

41. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

42. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

43. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

44. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

45. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

46. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

47. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

48. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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