Pulmonology

1. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

3. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

5. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

6. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

9. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

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

11. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

12. Which is false regarding emphysema?

13. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

14. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

15. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

17. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

18. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

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

22. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

23. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

25. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

26. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

27. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

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

31. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

34. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

35. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

36. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

39. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

41. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

42. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

44. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

45. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

47. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

49. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

50. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately: