Pulmonology

1. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

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

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

6. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

8. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

9. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

10. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

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

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

15. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

17. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

19. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

20. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

21. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

22. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

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

26. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

27. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

29. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

30. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

31. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

32. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

33. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

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

37. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

40. Bradypnoea is associated with:

41. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

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

43. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

45. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

47. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

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