Pulmonology

1. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

2. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

4. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

7. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

8. Emphysema is associated with all except:

9. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

10. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

11. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

12. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

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

16. Brassy cough is seen in:

17. Asbestosis is not related to:

18. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

21. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

24. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

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

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

29. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

31. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

32. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

33. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

34. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

35. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

37. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

39. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

40. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

41. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

42. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

43. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

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

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

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

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

49. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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