Nursing · Respiratory System
A patient returns from the operating room and develops shortness of breath, irritability, anxiety, and diminished breath sounds at the lung bases. Which postoperative respiratory complication should the nurse suspect?
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- 1Bronchiectasis
- 2Atelectasis✓
- 3Tracheitis
- 4Acute bronchitis
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Atelectasis
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