Pulmonology

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

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

3. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

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

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

8. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

12. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

14. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

15. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

16. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

17. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

19. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

20. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

21. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

22. Clubbing is present in all except:

23. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

26. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

28. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

31. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

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

33. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

34. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

36. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

39. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

43. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

45. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

47. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

48. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

49. Emphysema is associated with all except:

50. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?