A nurse auscultates the thorax and lungs and hears coarse,low-pitched, continuous sounds on expiration. When thepatient coughs, the sounds clear up somewhat. The nursewould document these sounds as:a. Adventitious breath soundsb. Bronchovesicular breath soundsc. Vesicular breath soundsd. Bronchial sounds

A nurse auscultates the thorax and lungs and hears coarse,low-pitched, continuous sounds on expiration. When thepatient coughs, the sounds clear up somewhat. The nursewould document these sounds as:a. Adventitious breath soundsb. Bronchovesicular breath soundsc. Vesicular breath soundsd. Bronchial sounds

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Chapter10: Cpt Anesthesia

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