The nurse is assessing a patient with an endotracheal tube and notes decreased breath sounds on the left with normal sounds on the right. Which condition may cause this?
1. Pressure from a right pneumothorax
2. Misplacement of the endotracheal tube
3. High pulmonary pressures
4. Partial obstruction of the endotracheal tube
5. A large infiltrate in the left lung
2, 5
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