A patient with newly diagnosed emphysema is admitted to the medical–surgical unit for evaluation. Which of the following does the nurse recognize is a deformity of the chest wall that occurs as a result of overinflation of the lungs in this patient population? a) Barrel chest b) Pigeon chest c) Funnel chest d) Kyphoscoliosis
A patient with newly diagnosed emphysema is admitted to the medical–surgical unit for evaluation. Which of the following does the nurse recognize is a deformity of the chest wall that occurs as a result of overinflation of the lungs in this patient population?
a) Barrel chest
b) Pigeon chest
c) Funnel chest
d) Kyphoscoliosis