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When auscultating the lungs of a patient with respiratory distress, you hear
adventitious sounds. This means that the patient has:
Abnormal breath sounds
You are attending to a 3-year-old male patient who is presenting with severe
shortness of breath. His parents report that he has had a cough and cold with a
low grade fever for the past two days. They became worried today, as his level of
distress has increased dramatically. On assessment, the patient is sitting upright
and making high-pitched noises with each breath. Based on this information, the
patient is most likely suffering from:
Viral infection of the upper respiratory tract
A pleural effusion is MOST accurately defined as:
Fluid accumulation outside the lung
In order for efficient pulmonary gas exchange to occur:
Oxygen and carbon dioxide must be able to freely diffuse across the alveolar-capillary
membrane
You are attending to a 54-year-old female patient in a homeless shelter. The
patient tells you that she had the flu a couple of weeks ago, and she has not