Pulmonology

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

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

3. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

5. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

6. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

7. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

8. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

9. Viral pneumonia may have:

10. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

14. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

15. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

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

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

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

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

22. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

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

24. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

26. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

27. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

28. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

29. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

31. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

33. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

34. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

37. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

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

39. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

40. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

41. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

42. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

43. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

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

45. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

46. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

47. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

48. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

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

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