Pulmonology

1. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

2. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

3. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

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

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

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

7. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

9. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

14. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

15. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

16. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

17. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

18. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

20. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

25. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

27. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

28. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

29. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

32. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

35. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

37. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

39. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

42. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

43. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

44. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

47. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

48. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

50. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of: