Pulmonology

1. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

2. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

3. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

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

5. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

7. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

8. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

10. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

11. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

13. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

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

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

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

19. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

20. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

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

22. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

24. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

25. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

28. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

29. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

31. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

33. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

34. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

35. Bradypnoea is associated with:

36. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

38. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

39. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

41. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

42. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

44. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

45. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

46. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

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

48. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

50. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is: