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Chest X Ray of a male baby born at term with an uncomplicated pregnancy, labor and delivery who developed severe respiratory distress within few hours of bih revealed a normal hea shadow and fine reticulonodular infiltrates radiating from the hilum. ECHO findings reveal no abnormality and results of routine culture were also negative. Family history reveals similar clinical course and death of a male and female sibling at 1 month and 2 months of age respectively. The most likely diagnosis is:

ANeonatal Alveolar Proteinosis
BTotal Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Circulation (TAPVC)
CMeconium Aspiration Syndrome
DDiffuse Herpes simplex infection
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6675 Pediatrics

A preterm infant is now 7 weeks old. She was intubated for 2 weeks and was weaned off oxygen at 3 weeks of age. You are about to leave your office for the Thanksgiving holiday when the emergency room calls to tell you she has recent onset of hypoxia, respiratory distress, wheezes, and runny nose. A chest radiograph reveals patchy infiltrates and hyper-expansion in both lung fields. The newborn’s 2-year-old sibling has an upper respiratory infection. For the mentioned clinical scenario, select the most likely diagnosis

ABronchopulmonary dysplasia
BRespiratory distress syndrome (hyaline membrane disease )
CPulmonary interstitial emphysema
DBronchiolitis
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