Twenty-Four Hours After a Pediatric Patient Has Undergone Lung Transplantation

Twenty-four hours after a pediatric patient has undergone lung transplantation, the therapist notices on the patient's chest X-ray features consistent with pulmonary edema. How should the therapist interpret this finding?

A) The patient has experienced ischemia-reperfusion injury.
B) The patient is developing bronchiolitis obliterans.
C) A pneumonia-like infection has occurred.
D) Graft failure is present.

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