Which condition requires immediate emergency intervention?
A) Patient with pleuritic pain without dyspnea
B) Patient with fever and a productive cough
C) Patient with tachypnea but no chest retractions
D) Patient with absent breath sounds and dull percussion tones

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Absent breath sounds can indicate that the client is moving no, air such as in a severe asthma attack, and would require immediate intervention. Impending respiratory arrest is indicated by absence of breath sounds and often respiratory arrest is exacerbated by the presence of infectious processes that would cause dull percussion tones.

Which Condition Requires Immediate Emergency Intervention