Which finding from your examination of a 2-year-old child's thorax and lungs is abnormal?
a. barrel chest
b. bronchovesicular sounds heard throughout the peripheral lung fields
c. cough and wheezing
d. diaphragmatic excursion of two intercostal spaces
C
Abnormal findings from an assessment of a 2-year-old child's thorax and lungs are coughing and wheezing. Lung fields should be clear and equal bilaterally. Normal findings are a barrel chest through age 6; auscultation of bronchovesicular sounds throughout the peripheral lung fields up to 5 to 6 years of age; and diaphragmatic excursion of one to two intercostal spaces.
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