Pulmonology

1. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

2. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

3. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

4. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

5. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

6. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

7. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

8. All are features of hypercapnia except:

9. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

12. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

13. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

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

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

16. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

19. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

20. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

22. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

24. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

25. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

26. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

29. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

30. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

31. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

33. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

35. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

36. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

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

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

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

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

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

42. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

43. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

45. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

46. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

47. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

49. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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