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Jkov05

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on: Jul 3, 2018
A 76-year-old woman is having difficulty breathing. While auscultating her lungs, you cannot decide if the sounds you are hearing are rales, rhonchi, or wheezing. You should be most concerned with:
 
  A) administering oxygen, if you have not already done so.
  B) listening as long as it takes to make a determination of what the sounds are.
  C) asking the patient to take several deep breaths and listening carefully to both lungs.
  D) getting a better history so you can determine what the sounds are.

Question 2

Muscular dystrophy is classified as which of the following types of disorders?
 
  A) Brain
  B) Traumatic
  C) Hereditary
  D) Acquired


carolinefletcherr

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Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C


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