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JMatthes

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How would the nurse examining a patient with pleurisy document a low-pitched grating lung sound?
 
  a. Sonorous wheeze
  b. Friction rub
  c. Coarse crackles
  d. Crackles

Question 2

What is the major cause of cardiac valve disease?
 
  a. Rheumatic fever
  b. Long history of malnutrition
  c. Drug abuse
  d. Obesity


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ErinKing

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
A low-pitched grating sound in the presence of an inflammatory disorder is a friction rub.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Rheumatic fever, a streptococcal infection, is the major cause of cardiac valve disease.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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