Pulmonology

1. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

4. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

6. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

7. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

9. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

12. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

13. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

14. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

15. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

17. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

18. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

21. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

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

24. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

27. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

28. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

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

30. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

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

32. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

33. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

35. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

36. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

38. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

39. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

41. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

42. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

46. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

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

48. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

50. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by: