Pulmonology

1. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

2. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

3. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

4. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

5. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

6. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

8. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

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

10. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

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

15. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

16. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

17. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

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

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

22. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

23. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

24. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

25. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

27. Brassy cough is seen in:

28. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

30. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

31. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

32. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

33. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

36. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

37. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

38. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

40. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

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

45. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

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

49. Emphysema is associated with all except:

50. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except: