Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

6. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

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

10. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

11. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

12. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

13. Bradypnoea is associated with:

14. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

17. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

18. Asbestosis is not related to:

19. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

20. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

21. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

22. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

23. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

24. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

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

26. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

27. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

28. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

31. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

32. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

35. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

36. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

37. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

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

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

40. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

41. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

42. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

43. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

44. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

46. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

47. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

48. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

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

50. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with: