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A patient has a chest x-ray 24 hours after first experiencing symptoms of pneumonia. What would the nurse practitioner expect to see on the chest x-ray?
a. Dense, white area of consolidation
b. Calcified pleural plaques
c. Diffuse pleural thickening
d. Pulmonary infiltrates and fibrosis