Pulmonology

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

2. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

4. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

5. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

6. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

9. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

10. Clubbing is present in all except:

11. Bradypnoea is associated with:

12. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

15. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

16. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

17. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

18. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

19. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

20. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

21. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

22. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

24. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

25. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

26. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

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

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

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

31. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

33. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

34. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

35. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

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

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

40. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

41. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

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

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

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

45. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

47. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

48. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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