Pulmonology

1. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

2. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

4. Viral pneumonia may have:

5. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

6. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

7. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

15. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

17. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

19. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

20. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

23. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

24. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

33. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

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

35. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

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

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

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

39. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

41. Stridor is characteristically found in:

42. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

44. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

45. All are features of hypercapnia except:

46. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

48. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

49. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

50. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in: