Pulmonology

1. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

2. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

3. Bradypnoea is associated with:

4. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

6. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

7. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

8. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

9. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

10. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

12. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

14. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

16. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

19. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

21. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

22. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

23. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

25. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

26. All are features of hypercapnia except:

27. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

30. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

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

34. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

35. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

36. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

38. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

39. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

40. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

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

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

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

46. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

47. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

49. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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