A patient has been admitted to the emergency department with a possible medical diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.The nurse expects to see which assessment findings related to this condition?
A) Absent or decreased breath sounds
B) Productive cough with thin, frothy sputum
C) Chest pain that is worse on deep inspiration, dyspnea
D) Diffuse infiltrates with areas of dullness upon percussion
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