Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

2. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

3. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

4. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

5. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

7. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

9. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

12. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

13. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

14. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

16. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

17. Asbestosis is not related to:

18. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

20. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

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

22. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

25. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

26. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

27. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

29. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

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

31. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

33. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

35. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

36. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

40. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

41. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

42. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

45. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

46. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

47. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

48. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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