Pulmonology

1. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

4. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

6. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

7. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

8. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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

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

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

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

13. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

14. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

15. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

17. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

18. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

20. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

22. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

23. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

24. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

25. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

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

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

28. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

29. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

30. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

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

34. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

35. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

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

39. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

40. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

42. Clubbing is present in all except:

43. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

44. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

45. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

48. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

49. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

50. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in: