Pulmonology

1. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

2. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

3. Which is false regarding emphysema?

4. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

6. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

7. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

8. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

17. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

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

19. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

20. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

22. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

31. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

32. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

33. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

35. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

38. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

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

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

41. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

42. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

44. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

45. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

46. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

47. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

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