A 44-year-old man with active pulmonary tuberculosis is experiencing hemoptysis, which the nurse understands describes
a. bloody sputum.
b. chest pain.
c. constant cough.
d. dyspnea.
A
Hemoptysis is blood expectorated from the mouth in the form of gross blood, frankly bloody sputum, or blood-tinged sputum.
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