Two hours ago the client had a left thoracotomy with a lobe resection. The sanguineous drainage in the chest tube collection chamber is 325 mL. The nurse recognizes that this is:
A) Normal chest tube drainage
B) Indicative of a pneumothorax
C) Chyle drainage
D) A sign of hemorrhage
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