Pulmonology

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

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

3. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

4. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

5. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

6. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

7. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

8. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

10. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

12. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

14. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

15. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

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

19. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

21. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

22. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

23. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

24. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

25. Brassy cough is seen in:

26. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

27. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

28. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

29. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

31. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

32. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

33. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

34. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

36. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

37. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

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

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

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

43. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

45. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

46. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

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

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

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

50. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except: