A stable male patient, who was just admitted for left-lower-lobe pneumonia, tells the nurse that his cough is nonproductive. When assessing the patient's breath sounds, the nurse suspects consolidation when, over the left lower lobe, she detects
1. Rales.
2. Absent breath sounds.
3. Stridor.
4. Rhonchi.
ANS: 2
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