A nurse had previously heard crackles over both lungs of a patient. As the patient improves, what lung sounds does the nurse expect to hear in the patient's lungs?
a. Vesicular breath sounds heard in peripheral lung fields
b. Bronchial breath sounds heard over the bronchi
c. Bronchovesicular breath sounds heard over the apices
d. Rhonchi heard over the main bronchi
ANS: A
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