What is the hallmark of pulmonary edema?
a. cough producing copious, frothy, blood-tinged sputum that often appears pin-kish
b. orthopnea and cyanosis
c. severe dyspnea, tachypnea, and cyanosis
d. wheezing, dyspnea, and cyanosis
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Manifestations of pulmonary edema include anxiety, a cough that produces copious amounts of frothy, blood-tinged sputum, dyspnea, orthopnea, and cyanosis.
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