A Client with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)is Experiencing Difficulty

A client with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is experiencing difficulty with copious amounts of tenacious sputum.A mucolytic drug is prescribed.The outcome the nurse would track is:

A) increase in clearance of sputum.
B) decrease in respiratory rate with increase in depth.
C) resolution of atrial tachycardia.
D) decrease in wheezing.