Pulmonology

1. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

2. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

4. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

5. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

6. Which is false regarding emphysema?

7. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

10. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

11. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

13. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

15. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

16. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

17. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

19. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

21. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

23. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

26. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

28. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

29. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

31. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

33. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

34. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

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

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

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

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

39. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

40. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

44. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

46. Stridor is characteristically found in:

47. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

49. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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