A patient has a pneumothorax with a sucking chest wound resulting in the movement of gas from one lung to another. This is called:
a. panting.
b. paradoxical movement.
c. bidirectional flow.
d. pendelluft.
D
Pendelluft is the movement of gas from one lung to another.
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