Pulmonology

1. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

2. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

4. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

5. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

7. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

10. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

11. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

12. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

14. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

18. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

19. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

21. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

22. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

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

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

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

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

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

28. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

29. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

33. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

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

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

36. All are features of hypercapnia except:

37. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

38. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

39. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

40. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

42. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

43. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

45. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

46. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

48. Stridor is characteristically found in:

49. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

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