Pulmonology

1. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

3. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

4. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

7. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

8. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

9. Brassy cough is seen in:

10. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

11. Viral pneumonia may have:

12. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

13. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

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

15. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

16. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

19. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

20. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

21. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

22. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

23. Clubbing is present in all except:

24. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

26. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

27. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

28. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

29. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

30. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

32. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

33. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

34. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

35. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

36. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

37. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

39. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

40. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

41. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

43. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

44. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

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

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

47. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

48. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

49. Asbestosis is not related to:

50. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is: