Pulmonology

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

2. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

3. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

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

5. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

6. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

9. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

10. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

12. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

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

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

18. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

19. Viral pneumonia may have:

20. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

21. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

22. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

23. Asbestosis is not related to:

24. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

25. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

26. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

28. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

31. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

32. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

33. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

34. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

35. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

37. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

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

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

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

41. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

42. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

43. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

46. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

48. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

49. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

50. Clubbing occurs earliest with: