Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

5. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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

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

8. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

9. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

10. Asbestosis is not related to:

11. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

12. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

14. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

15. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

17. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

20. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

21. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

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

25. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

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

27. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

28. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

29. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

30. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

31. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

32. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

33. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

34. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

35. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

37. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

44. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

45. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

46. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

47. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

49. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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