Pulmonology

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

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

3. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

6. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

7. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

8. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

9. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

10. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

11. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

12. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

15. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

17. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

19. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

28. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

29. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

30. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

32. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

39. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

40. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

42. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

43. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

45. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

47. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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