Pulmonology

1. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

3. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

5. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

6. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

7. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

9. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

10. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

12. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

13. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

14. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

15. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

16. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

17. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

23. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

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

25. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

27. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

30. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

32. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

34. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

36. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

37. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

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

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

40. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

41. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

44. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

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

49. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

50. Emphysema is associated with all except: