Pulmonology

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

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

3. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

5. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

6. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

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

8. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

9. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

10. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

12. Viral pneumonia may have:

13. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

14. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

17. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

20. Bradypnoea is associated with:

21. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

22. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

23. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

24. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

25. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

26. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

27. Hypercarbia is associated with:

28. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

29. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

32. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

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

36. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

37. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

38. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

39. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

40. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

41. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

42. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

45. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

48. Brassy cough is seen in:

49. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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