Pulmonology

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

2. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

5. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

6. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

7. Viral pneumonia may have:

8. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

9. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

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

11. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

14. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

15. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

16. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

17. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

18. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

20. Bradypnoea is associated with:

21. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

23. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

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

25. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

26. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

27. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

28. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

29. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

30. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

31. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

33. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

34. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

36. Clubbing is present in all except:

37. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

38. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

39. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

40. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

41. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

42. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

43. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

44. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

45. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

46. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

49. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

50. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is: