The home care nurse visits a client with compromised lung function. She has greenish-yellow sputum with a musty odor. This is indicative of:
A) allergy.
B) congestive heart failure.
C) asthma.
D) infection.
Ans: D
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Sputum that is yellow or greenish or has a musty odor usually indicates an infection. The sputum associated with congestive heart failure is frothy or pink-tinged. Sputum associated with asthma is thick and mucoid not yellow or green in color.
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