What term is used to describe the shadows seen on the chest film when the alveoli fill with pus, fluid, or blood?
a. Consolidates
b. Infiltrates
c. Alveolar lesions
d. Densities
ANS: B
Both pneumonia and a bleeding lung can cause identical-appearing patchy increased density shadows of that tend to coalesce over time on the chest radiograph. These shadows are often re-ferred to as infiltrates.
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A. morals. B. honesty. C. law. D. ethics.
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