Question

the nurse is auscultating the lung sounds of a client with long standing emphysemia. the nurse is most likely to detect.                                                                      a.diminished breath sounds.                                               b.fine crackles.                                                                        c.pleural friction.                                                                     d.stridor

Answer 1

QUESTION : The nurse is auscultating the lung sounds of a client with long standing emphysemia.The nurse is most likely to detect

ANSWER : (a) diminished breath sounds.

• Emphysemia is a type of lung disease in which the air sacs in the lung become stretched and damaged.
• The main symptoms of the emphysema is chronic cough and difficulty in breathing.
• Emphysemia is a type of long term progressive disease of the lungs and it occurs when the alveolar walls destroyed with the capillary blood vessels.
• The most common cause of the emphasema is smoking but it can be genetics.