Pulmonology

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

2. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

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

6. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

8. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

10. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

13. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

14. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

16. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

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

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

19. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

21. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

24. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

26. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

27. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

28. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

30. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

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

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

36. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

37. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

38. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

39. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

40. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

42. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

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

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

47. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

48. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

49. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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