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colleen colleen
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11 years ago
During the assessment of a patient’s respiratory status, the nurse notes paradoxical lung movements. This finding is consistent with which of the following?
1. flail chest
2. pleurisy
3. pneumothorax
4. pneumonia
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11 years ago
1 -- Physiologic function of the chest wall is impaired as the flail segment is sucked inward during inhalation and moves outward with exhalation. This is known as paradoxic movement.
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