Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

2. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

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

6. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

7. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

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

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

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

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

13. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

14. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

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

16. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

21. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

22. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

23. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

24. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

25. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

26. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

27. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

28. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

30. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

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

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

33. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

34. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

35. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

36. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

39. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

41. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

42. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

45. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

48. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

49. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

50. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by: