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  Q2: The following are more suggestive of chronic than acute renal failure:
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Pulmonary oedema

False - CORRECT.
Pulmonary oedema results from fluid overload due to impaired renal salt and water excretion. It occurs in both acute and chronic renal failure and is unlikely to respond to diuretic therapy.

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