Pulmonology

1. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

2. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

5. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

7. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

8. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

9. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

10. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

11. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

12. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

22. All are features of hypercapnia except:

23. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

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

27. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

30. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

33. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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

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

38. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

41. Which is false regarding emphysema?

42. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

43. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

44. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

45. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

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

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

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

49. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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