While eating a meal in the hospital, a patient exhibits difficulty breathing and signs of choking. What should the nurse realize the patient is experiencing?
1. laryngeal obstruction
2. pulmonary emboli
3. epiglottitis
4. acute myocardial infarction
Correct Answer: 1
The most common cause of laryngeal obstruction in adults is ingested meat that lodges in the airway. Pulmonary emboli, epiglottitis, and acute myocardial infarction would not cause this patient to choke.
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