Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

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

6. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

7. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

8. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

9. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

11. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

13. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

16. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

17. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

18. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

19. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

20. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

21. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

23. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

26. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

27. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

28. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

30. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

32. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

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

34. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

35. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

36. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

37. Brassy cough is seen in:

38. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

39. Viral pneumonia may have:

40. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

41. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

42. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

43. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

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

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

49. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

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