On inspection, the nurse finds the client's anteroposterior diameter of the chest to be the same as the lateral diameter. What other findings, those labeled with numbers ____________________,
would the nurse expect for this client? (Your answer should appear as numbers separated by commas and spaces [e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4].)
1. Inspiratory wheezing found on auscultation
2. Hyperresonance heard on percussion
3. Decreased breath sounds heard on auscultation
4. Deceased diaphragmatic excursion on percussion
5. A sharp, abrupt pain reported when client breathes deeply
6. Decreased to absent vibration on vocal fremitus
ANS:
2, 3, 4, 6
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