Pulmonology

1. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

2. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

3. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

4. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

7. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

9. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

11. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

13. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

15. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

17. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

18. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

19. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

22. Asbestosis is not related to:

23. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

24. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

25. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

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

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

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

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

30. Hypercarbia is associated with:

31. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

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

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

35. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

36. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

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

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

39. Bradypnoea is associated with:

40. Stridor is characteristically found in:

41. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

43. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

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

47. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

48. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

49. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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