Pulmonology

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

2. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

4. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

6. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

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

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

11. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

15. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

16. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

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

18. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

19. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

22. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

23. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

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

27. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

28. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

29. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

30. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

31. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

34. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

36. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

37. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

39. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

40. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

41. All are features of hypercapnia except:

42. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

43. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

46. Emphysema is associated with all except:

47. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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