Patients with bronchiectasis can have which of the following anatomic alterations?
1. Hyperinflation
2. Pulmonary embolism
3. Consolidation
4. Pneumothorax
a. 1, 3
b. 1, 4
c. 2, 3, 4
d. 1, 2, 3
A
Hyperinflation will be caused by mucus plugs acting as an expiratory check-valve obstruction. Consolidation will occur when fluid fills alveoli during an infection. Neither pulmonary embolism nor pneumothorax is associated with bronchiectasis.
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