Pulmonology

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

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

3. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

4. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

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

9. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

11. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

13. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

14. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

15. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

16. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

17. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

18. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

19. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

20. Brassy cough is seen in:

21. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

24. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

26. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

29. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

31. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

32. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

33. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

35. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

36. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

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

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

39. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

45. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

46. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

48. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

49. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

50. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is: