Pulmonology

1. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

2. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

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

6. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

8. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

9. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

10. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

11. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

13. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

15. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

16. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

18. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

19. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

21. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

22. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

25. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

27. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

29. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

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

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

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

33. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

35. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

36. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

37. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

39. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

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

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

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

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

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

45. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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

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

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

49. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

50. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except: