A nursing student is helping the nursery nurses with morning vital signs.A baby born 10 hours ago by cesarean section is found to have moist lung sounds.What is the best interpretation of these data?

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Moist lung sounds will resolve within a few hours.A surfactant acts to keep the expanded alveoli partially open between respirations for this common condition of newborns.In a vaginal birth,absorption of the remaining lung fluid is accelerated by the process of labor and delivery.The remaining lung fluid will move into interstitial spaces and be absorbed by the circulatory and lymphatic systems.Moist lung sounds are particularly common in infants delivered by cesarean section.The surfactant is produced by the lungs; therefore,aspiration is not a concern.

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