A patient who is receiving continuous mechanical ventilation is fighting the ventilator. His breath sounds are markedly diminished on the left, there is dullness to percussion on the left, and the trachea is shifted to the left. The most likely explanation for the problem is that
A. the patient is disconnected from the ventilator.
B. the patient is experiencing diffuse bronchospasm.
C. the endotracheal tube has slipped into the right main stem bronchus.
D. the patient has developed a left tension pneumothorax.
Answer: C. the endotracheal tube has slipped into the right main stem bronchus.
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