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, Question 3. When performing a respiratory assessment on a patient, the nurse
notices a costal angle of approximately 90 degrees. This
characteristic is
seen in patients with kyphosis.
indicative of pectus excavatum.
a normal finding in a healthy adult.
an expected finding in a patient with a barrel chest.
Explanation: The right and left costal margins form an angle where they meet at the
xiphoid process. Usually, this angle is 90 degrees or less. The angle
increases when the rib cage is chronically overinflated, as in emphysema.
Question 4. During a morning assessment, the nurse notices that the patient’s
sputum is frothy and pink. Which condition could this finding
indicate?
Croup
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