In contrast to a child with pulmonary edema secondary to congestive heart failure, the respirations of a hypercarbic child without pulmonary edema would MOST likely be:

A) rapid with audible rhonchi.
B) tachypneic and without retractions.
C) slow with increased work of breathing.
D) bradypneic with periods of marked apnea.


Answer: B) tachypneic and without retractions.

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