The nurse completes a shift assessment on a patient admitted in the early phase of heart failure.When auscultating the patient's lungs,which finding would the nurse most likely hear?

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Fine crackles are likely to be heard in the early phase of heart failure.Fine crackles are discontinuous,high-pitched sounds of short duration heard on inspiration.Rhonchi are continuous rumbling,snoring,or rattling sounds mainly on expiration.Course crackles are a series of long-duration,discontinuous,low-pitched sounds during inspiration.Wheezes are continuous high-pitched musical sounds on inspiration and expiration.

The Nurse Completes a Shift Assessment on a Patient Admitted