The most common cause of pulmonary edema is:

a. right heart failure.
b. left heart failure.
c. asthma.
d. lung cancer.


ANS: B
The most common cause of pulmonary edema is left-sided heart disease, not right-sided.
Pulmonary edema is not commonly caused by asthma or lung cancer.

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