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Chylothorax is the accumulation of lymphatic fluid (chyle) in the pleural cavity.  All of the following are true regarding chyle EXCEPT:

True or False? The medical management of a chylothorax may include the use of oral sildenafil, medium-chain triglyceride formulas, and octreotide.

One of the multiple mechanisms which have been described to explain the development of congenital lobar emphysema is:

On obtaining a CXR for an infant you are caring for in the NICU, the film shows a classic “spinnaker-sail sign”.  This finding is associated with the following air leak syndrome:

All of the following statements regarding vascular rings are true EXCEPT:

All of the following statements regarding CPAMs are true EXCEPT:

The most common of the air leak syndromes is:

An infant you are caring for has a sudden deterioration in vital signs and you order a CXR.  The findings show air surrounding the cardiac border and under the heart. These CXR findings are most consistent with which following diagnosis:

  The demand curve for Conan’s airport car rental business is downward sloping. With only this information, it can be concluded that Conan’s business  

  Market-created and government-created barriers