Pulmonology

1. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

2. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

3. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

4. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

7. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

8. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

9. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

10. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

12. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

14. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

16. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

17. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

18. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

19. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

20. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

21. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

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

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

25. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

27. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

28. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

29. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

31. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

32. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

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

35. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

37. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

38. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

40. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

42. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

45. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

46. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

47. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

50. Viral pneumonia may have: