A client experiencing a pulmonary embolus has pleuritic pain and hemoptysis. The nurse would assesses the presence of hemoptysis as an indication of
a. alveolar damage.
b. hemorrhage in the sinuses.
c. hemothorax.
d. ruptured vessels in the trachea.
A
Hemoptysis is an indication that the atelectasis has caused alveolar damage.
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