Pulmonology

1. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

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

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

6. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

7. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

8. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

9. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

11. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

12. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

14. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

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

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

18. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

19. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

22. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

23. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

24. Viral pneumonia may have:

25. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

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

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

28. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

29. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

30. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

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

32. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

33. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

35. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

36. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

37. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

40. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

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

42. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

43. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

44. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

45. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

48. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

50. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by: