In assessing a patient with RDS, the respiratory therapist would expect to find all of the following EXCEPT:
a. intercostal retractions.
b. acrocyanosis.
c. flaring nostrils.
d. wheezing.
e. cyanosis.
D
The following signs may be found in an infant with RDS: intercostal retractions, substernal retraction and abdominal distention (seesaw movement), acrocyanosis mottling and cyanosis of the dependent portions of the thoracic and abdominal areas, flaring nostrils, bronchial (or harsh) breath sounds, fine crackles, and cyanosis. Wheezing would not be expected because bronchospasm is not part of the pathophysiology of RDS.
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