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Which Information Obtained by the Nurse When Assessing a Patient

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Which information obtained by the nurse when assessing a patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) who is being treated with mechanical ventilation and high levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) indicates a complication of ventilator therapy is occurring?


A) The patient has subcutaneous emphysema.
B) The patient has a sinus bradycardia, rate 52.
C) The patient's PaO2 is 50 mm Hg and the SaO2 is 88%.
D) The patient has bronchial breath sounds in both the lung fields.

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