Pulmonology

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

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

3. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

4. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

5. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

6. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

7. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

8. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

9. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

10. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

12. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

13. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

14. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

15. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

17. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

18. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

20. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

21. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

24. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

27. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

29. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

30. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

32. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

33. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

36. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

38. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

39. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

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

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

44. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

47. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

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