A patient with pulmonary edema has moist, bubbling lung sounds. How should the nurse describe this finding?
a. Wheezing
b. Fine crackles
c. Coarse crackles
d. Pleural friction rub
ANS: C
Moist bubbling sound heard on inspiration or expiration is described as coarse crackles. B. Fine crackles occur with heart failure or atelectasis and are finer and less bubbly. A. D. Wheezing sounds like violins, and a friction rub sounds like leather rubbing together.
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