Pulmonology

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

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

3. Emphysema is associated with all except:

4. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

5. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

6. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

9. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

10. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

11. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

13. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

15. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

17. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

18. Asbestosis is not related to:

19. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

20. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

22. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

24. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

25. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

27. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

28. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

29. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

30. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

32. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

33. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

34. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

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

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

37. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

40. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

41. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

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

45. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

49. Clubbing is present in all except:

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