Pulmonology

1. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

4. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

5. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

7. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

8. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

10. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

11. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

12. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

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

14. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

16. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

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

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

19. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

20. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

23. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

24. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

27. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

28. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

29. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

30. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

31. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

32. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

35. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

38. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

41. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

42. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

43. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

45. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

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

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

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

50. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except: