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deesands

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The name of the condition created when pus is not cleared from the pleural cavity and makes a fibrous constrictive layer is:
 a. COPD
  b. pleurisy
  c. empyema
  d. pneumonia

Question 2

What is the name of the procedure performed to release constriction of the lungs by fibrin layers?
 a. pectus excavatum
  b. upper lobectomy
  c. pneumonectomy
  d. lung decortication



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d



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