Pulmonology

1. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

2. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

3. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

4. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

5. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

9. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

10. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

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

12. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

15. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

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

19. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

23. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

26. Clubbing is present in all except:

27. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

28. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

29. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

30. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

32. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

35. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

36. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

37. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

40. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

41. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

42. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

44. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

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

46. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

47. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

48. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

50. Farmers’ lung is caused by: