A young patient is admitted to the pediatric unit with cystic fibrosis (CF)exacerbation.The nurse monitors the patient closely because the main cause of death in a child with CF is:
A) Airway rigidity
B) Pulmonary edema
C) Respiratory failure
D) Asthma-like bronchospasms

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Although CF is a multi-organ disease,its most important effects are on the lungs,and respiratory failure is almost always the cause of death.
Although CF is a multi-organ disease,its most important effects are on the lungs,and respiratory failure is almost always the cause of death; airway rigidity does not occur.
Mucus plugging,not pulmonary edema,occurs.
Mucus plugging,not asthma-like symptoms,occurs.

A Young Patient Is Admitted to the Pediatric Unit with Cystic