Pulmonology

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

2. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

3. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

5. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

6. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

7. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

8. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

10. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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

12. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

14. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

15. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

17. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

18. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

21. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

22. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

25. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

26. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

27. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

30. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

31. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

32. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

33. Brassy cough is seen in:

34. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

35. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

37. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

40. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

41. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

42. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

44. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

45. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

47. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

48. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

50. Amphoric breath sound is found in: