Pulmonology

1. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

9. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

11. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

14. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

15. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

18. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

21. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

23. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

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

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

26. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

28. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

34. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

36. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

37. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

38. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

40. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

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

44. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

45. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

47. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

50. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except: