Pulmonology

1. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

2. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

3. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

4. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

7. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

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

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

10. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

13. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

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

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

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

17. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

18. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

19. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

20. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

21. Viral pneumonia may have:

22. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

23. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

24. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

25. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

26. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

28. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

29. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

30. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

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

34. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

36. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

39. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

40. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

41. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

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

45. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

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

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

50. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is: