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On the first day after a hip replacement, a 70-year-old develops sudden dyspnea and pleuritic chest pain. SpO2 is 88% on room air, HR 118, temperature 37.9°C, and breath sounds are diminished at both bases. He received enoxaparin last evening. Which finding most strongly favors pulmonary embolism over postoperative atelectasis?

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