Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

3. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

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

7. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

10. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

11. Bradypnoea is associated with:

12. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

13. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

14. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

15. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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

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

18. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

19. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

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

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

24. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

26. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

29. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

31. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

32. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

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

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

35. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

37. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

38. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

39. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

40. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

41. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

42. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

44. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

45. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

47. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

48. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

49. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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