Pulmonology

1. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

2. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

3. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

4. Hypercarbia is associated with:

5. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

6. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

8. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

9. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

10. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

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

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

15. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

16. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

19. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

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

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

24. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

25. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

28. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

29. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

30. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

32. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

34. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

35. Clubbing is present in all except:

36. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

37. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

40. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

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

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

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

47. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

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