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
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.
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