A client with pericarditis is admitted to the cardiac unit. What assessment finding does the nurse expect in this client?
a. Heart rate that speeds up and slows down
b. Friction rub at the left lower sternal border
c. Presence of a regularly gallop rhythm
d. Coarse crackles in bilateral lung bases
B
The client with pericarditis may present with a pericardial friction rub at the left lower sternal border. This sound is the result of friction from inflamed pericardial layers when they rub to-gether. The other assessments are not related.
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