A patient reports to an emergency department with a sudden onset of shortness of breath and right-sided chest pain.The patient has a negative D-dimer test.Based on this result, a nurse should plan interventions to manage:
A)Acute myocardial infarction (MI)
B)Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
C)Pulmonary embolism (PE)
D)Spontaneous pneumothorax

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A negative D-dimer test helps to rule out a diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, which causes chest pain and shortness of breath. However, D-dimer is not a diagnostic test and cannot be used to rule out other possible causes of these symptoms, such as spontaneous pneumothorax. Therefore, interventions should be planned based on the suspected diagnosis of spontaneous pneumothorax.

A Patient Reports to an Emergency Department with a Sudden