When Assessing an Individual During an Acute Asthma Episode, You

question 14

Multiple Choice

When assessing an individual during an acute asthma episode, you should expect to find

• A) use of accessory breathing muscles.
• B) expiratory wheezing.
• C) foul-smelling sputum.
• D) coughing.
• E) feeling of chest tightness.

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Definitions:

Entero

Pertaining to the intestines.

-centesis

A medical term suffix used to describe a procedure involving puncture or penetration of a body cavity to aspirate or remove fluid.

Surgical Puncture

A medical procedure that involves piercing the skin or body tissues with a needle, usually to drain fluid or for diagnostic purposes.

Necrosis

The death of cells or tissues in the body due to disease, injury, or lack of blood supply.