Pulmonology

1. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

5. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

7. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

8. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

9. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

10. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

12. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

14. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

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

18. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

19. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

20. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

21. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

23. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

24. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

25. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

27. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

28. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

29. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

30. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

31. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

33. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

35. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

37. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

39. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

42. Viral pneumonia may have:

43. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

44. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

46. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

48. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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