A respiratory therapist is assisting a physician who is performing a thoracentesis. It is suspected that the patient has a chylothorax. How would the pleural effusion be described?
a. Milky white
b. Straw colored
c. Red
d. Green
C
In a chylothorax, the fluid in the pleural cavity would appear to be milky white.
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