The nurse percusses the lungs and determines that there is an area of hyperresonance.This finding is consistent with which of the following conditions?

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Hyperresonance on percussion indicates too much air in the lung tissue, which is consistent with a pneumothorax (collapsed lung). In pneumonia, there is usually dullness to percussion due to consolidation of lung tissue. Atelectasis may produce dullness or flatness to percussion. Pleural effusion often results in a flatness to percussion.

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