Common chest assessment findings in a patient with cystic fibrosis include:
1. tracheal deviation.
2. breath sounds reveal crackles and rhonchi.
3. dull percussion note.
4. hyperresonant percussion note.
a. 1, 3
b. 2, 4
c. 1, 2
d. 2, 3, 4
B
Because of secretions, breath sounds will reveal crackles and rhonchi. Air trapping will result in a hyperresonant percussion note. Because of bilateral lung problems, the trachea will not deviate to one side.
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