Pulmonology

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

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

3. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

4. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

6. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

7. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

8. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

10. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

11. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

12. Stridor is characteristically found in:

13. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

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

17. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

18. Asbestosis is not related to:

19. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

21. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

22. Hypercarbia is associated with:

23. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

25. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

27. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

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

31. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

32. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

34. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

35. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

36. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

37. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

39. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

40. Bradypnoea is associated with:

41. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

44. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

46. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

47. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

49. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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