What finding is usually used to confirm the diagnosis of ...

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What finding is usually used to confirm the diagnosis of pneumonia?
 
  a. Development of central cyanosis
  b. New cough or new characteristic to the cough
  c. New fever
  d. New infiltrate on chest radiograph

Question 2

Which of the following clinical conditions are often associated with a normal chest radiograph in the patient with pneumonia?
 
  1. Dehydration
  2. Early infection
  3. Klebsiella pneumonia
  4. Pneumocystis jiroveci infection
  a. 1, 2, and 4 only
  b. 2 and 3 only
  c. 1 only
  d. 3 and 4 only

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
In patients with a compatible clinical syndrome, the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia is established by the presence of a new pulmonary infiltrate on the chest radiograph.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
A normal chest x-ray film does not exclude the diagnosis of pneumonia. The chest radiograph may be normal in patients with early infection, dehydration, or P. jiroveci infection.

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