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A 36-year-old male presents with a 3-month history of a prod…

A 36-year-old male presents with a 3-month history of a productive cough and reports that the cough produces a scant amount of yellow sputum, which is occasionally blood-streaked. He has also had an evening temperature rise (101° F) for the past 3 months. He has lost a significant amount of weight during this period. Patient is a non-smoker. He emigrated from India 5 years ago, and his medical records are not available. Coarse upper lobe crackles and rhonchi are heard bilaterally. CXR reveals multiple bilateral upper lobe cavities with surrounding infiltrate. Which of the following clinical findings would confirm your diagnostic suspicion?

Refer to this scenario for the following questions:A multi-d…

Refer to this scenario for the following questions:A multi-dimensional being reaches down to Earth and pulls you out of the universe. You are then thrown back into the universe at a place and time of the being’s choosing, and you are permitted to leave only after you have identified your surroundings. This process is repeated several times. Through a scientifically unexplainable miracle, you are able to survive in every one of the places that you find yourself. In each scenario below, identify your surroundings (and potentially your cosmic era) from among the choices given.You find yourself in a very low-density gas that is extremely hot. In fact, the temperature of the gas is so high that it is emitting lots of X-rays. There are no stars anywhere within about 10,000 light-years of you, but at slightly greater distances, your sky is brightened by hundreds (perhaps thousands) of beautiful, star-filled structures, some with majestic spiral shapes. Where are you?