Pulmonology

1. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

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

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

6. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

7. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

9. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

11. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

12. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

14. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

15. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

16. Viral pneumonia may have:

17. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

20. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

21. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

22. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

24. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

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

26. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

28. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

29. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

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

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

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

33. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

35. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

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

39. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

40. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

41. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

42. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

43. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

47. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

49. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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