Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. Hypercarbia is associated with:

6. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

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

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

9. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

10. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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

14. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

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

16. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

17. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

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

21. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

22. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

23. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

24. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

26. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

28. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

29. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

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

31. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

33. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

34. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

35. Bradypnoea is associated with:

36. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

40. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

41. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

44. All are features of hypercapnia except:

45. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

46. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

48. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

49. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

50. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?