Pulmonology

1. Clubbing is present in all except:

2. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

4. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

5. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

8. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

11. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

12. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

13. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

14. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

15. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

17. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

18. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

19. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

21. Asbestosis is not related to:

22. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

23. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

24. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

25. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

26. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

28. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

29. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

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

33. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

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

35. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

36. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

40. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

41. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

42. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

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

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

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

47. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

49. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

50. Calcification of pleura is not seen in: