Pulmonology

1. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

3. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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

7. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

8. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

10. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

11. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

12. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

13. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

14. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

16. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

17. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

20. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

21. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

22. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

23. Stridor is characteristically found in:

24. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

25. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

27. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

29. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

30. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

31. Viral pneumonia may have:

32. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

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

34. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

36. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

37. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

38. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

40. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

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

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

46. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

49. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

50. Bradypnoea is associated with: