Pulmonology

1. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

2. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

5. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

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

9. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

11. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

12. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

14. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

16. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

17. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

18. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

20. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

22. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

23. All are features of hypercapnia except:

24. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

26. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

27. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

28. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

31. Stridor is characteristically found in:

32. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

35. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

37. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

38. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

39. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

40. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

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

44. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

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

46. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

47. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

48. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

49. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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