Pulmonology

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

2. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

3. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

4. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

5. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

6. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

9. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

11. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

12. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

13. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

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

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

18. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

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

22. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

23. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

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

26. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

28. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

29. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

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

31. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

34. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

35. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

37. Brassy cough is seen in:

38. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

41. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

43. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

46. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

47. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

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