Pulmonology

1. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

2. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

3. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

5. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

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

9. Which is false regarding emphysema?

10. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

12. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

14. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

15. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

16. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

18. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

20. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

23. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

24. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

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

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

29. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

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

33. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

34. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

36. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

39. Asbestosis is not related to:

40. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

41. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

43. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

44. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

47. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

49. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

50. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?