Pulmonology

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

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

3. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

4. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

6. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

7. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

8. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

10. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

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

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

13. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

14. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

17. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

19. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

20. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

22. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

23. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

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

25. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

26. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

27. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

28. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

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

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

31. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

32. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

35. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

36. All are features of hypercapnia except:

37. Stridor is characteristically found in:

38. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

41. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

43. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

44. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

47. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

48. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

49. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

50. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is: