Pulmonology

1. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

3. Hypercarbia is associated with:

4. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

8. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

9. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

10. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

11. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

12. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

13. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

14. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

15. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

18. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

19. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

20. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

22. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

25. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

26. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

27. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

29. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

30. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

31. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

32. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

33. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

34. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

35. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

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

39. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

40. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

41. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

43. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

45. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

47. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

48. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

49. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

50. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in: