Pulmonology

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

2. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

3. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

4. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

5. Viral pneumonia may have:

6. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

7. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

9. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

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

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

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

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

14. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

15. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

16. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

17. Hypercarbia is associated with:

18. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

19. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

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

23. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

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

25. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

26. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

29. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

31. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

36. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

38. Emphysema is associated with all except:

39. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

42. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

44. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

45. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

46. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

47. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

49. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

50. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?