A patient is admitted to the critical care unit with acute respiratory failure secondary to COPD.The patient has a 15-year history of emphysema and bronchitis.On inspection, the nurse observes that the patient is experiencing air trapping.While auscultating the chest, the nurse notes the presence of coarse, rumbling, low-pitched sounds in the right middle and lower lobes.On percussion of the lung fields, a patient with emphysema will predictably exhibit which tone?

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The percussion tone of hyperresonance is heard with emphysema related to overinflation of the lung.Resonance can be found in normal lungs or with the diagnosis of bronchitis.Tympany occurs with the diagnosis of large pneumothorax and emphysematous blebs.Dullness occurs with the diagnosis of atelectasis, pleural effusion, pulmonary edema, pneumonia, and a lung mass.

A Patient Is Admitted to the Critical Care Unit with Acute