Pulmonology

1. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

2. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

3. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

8. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

9. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

12. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

13. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

15. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

16. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

18. Emphysema is associated with all except:

19. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

21. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

23. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

24. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

25. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

27. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

28. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

29. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

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

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

34. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

35. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

38. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

39. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

40. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

41. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

43. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

46. Viral pneumonia may have:

47. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

48. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

49. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

50. All are true in pneumomediastinum except: