Pulmonology

1. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

3. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

5. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

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

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

9. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

10. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

12. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

14. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

15. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

16. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

18. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

20. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

21. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

23. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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

25. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

26. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

27. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

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

32. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

33. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

34. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

38. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

39. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

40. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

41. Stridor is characteristically found in:

42. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

43. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

44. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

45. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

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

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

50. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except: