The nurse clinician performing percussion of the chest on a client assesses a low-pitched, hollow sound over the middle lobe. The nurse would record this finding as
a. dull, and refer the client to an allergist.
b. hyperresonant, and refer to a physician for work-up.
c. resonant and document the finding, taking no other action.
d. tympany, and refer the client to radiology for a chest x-ray.
C
Resonant sounds are low-pitched, hollow sounds heard over normal lung tissue.
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