A nurse auscultates a client's lung fields.Which pathophysiologic process should the nurse associate with this breath sound?
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A pleural friction rub can be heard when the pleura is inflamed and rubbing against the lung wall.The other pathophysiologic processes would not cause a pleural friction rub.Constriction of the bronchioles may be heard as a wheeze,upper airway obstruction may be heard as stridor,and pulmonary vascular edema may be heard as crackles.

A Nurse Auscultates a Client's Lung Fields