Pulmonology

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

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

3. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

5. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

7. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

8. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

10. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

12. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

14. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

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

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

17. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

19. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

23. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

25. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

27. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

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

29. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

30. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

32. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

33. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

34. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

37. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

38. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

40. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

41. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

42. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

45. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

47. Brassy cough is seen in:

48. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

49. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

50. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of: