A patient is admitted to the critical care unit with acute respiratory failure.Upon auscultation, the health care provider hears creaking, leathery, coarse breath sounds in the lower anterolateral chest area during inspiration and expiration.The nurse suspects that the patient has a(n)
A) emphysema.
B) atelectasis.
C) pulmonary fibrosis.
D) pleural friction rub.
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