During an assessment the nurse suspects that a patient has chronic bronchitis. On what assessment findings is the nurse basing this clinical decision?
A) barrel chest
B) smoking 1 ppd
C) diminished breath sounds
D) persistent productive cough
E) wheezes and rhonchi lung sounds
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