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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2023

A 40-year-old patient presents with cough in the morning with production of mucopurulent sputum and elevated body temperature up to 376°C. He has been smoking since he was 17 years old. Objectively, auscultation detects coarse respirations and diffuse dry crackles in the lungs. Complete blood count:leukocytes — 12 • 109 /L, ESR — 19 mm/hour. Bronchoscopy shows purulent catarrhal endobronchitis. Make the diagnosis:

Answer options

  1. Chronic bronchitis
  2. Heart failure
  3. Pulmonary tuberculosis
  4. Bronchial asthma
  5. Community-acquired pneumonia
Correct answer

Chronic bronchitis

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