When the nurse hears a high, hollow, drum-like sound while percussing the right chest of a young man with a right pneumothorax, the nurse would record this finding as
a. dullness.
b. flatness.
c. resonance.
d. tympany.
D
Tympanic notes are high, hollow, drum-like sounds heard with percussion over the stomach, a large tension pneumothorax, or a large air-filled chamber.
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