Pulmonology

1. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

3. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

6. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

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

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

9. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

12. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

13. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

14. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

16. Hypercarbia is associated with:

17. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

18. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

19. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

20. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

23. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

25. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

26. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

27. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

28. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

29. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

30. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

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

32. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

33. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

34. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

35. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

37. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

39. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

40. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

41. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

42. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

43. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

44. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

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

48. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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