Pulmonology

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

2. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

4. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

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

6. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

7. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

8. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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

12. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

13. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

16. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

18. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

19. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

20. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

21. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

22. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

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

26. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

27. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

28. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

29. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

30. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

32. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

34. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

35. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

36. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

38. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

40. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

42. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

44. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

45. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

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

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

50. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is: