When You Hear Wheezes While Auscultating Your Patient's Breath Sounds,which

question 15

Multiple Choice

When you hear wheezes while auscultating your patient's breath sounds,which of the following is most likely the cause?

• A) There is an upper airway obstruction.
• B) There is mucus in the air passages.
• C) There is fluid in the lungs.
• D) The lower air passages in the lungs are narrowed.

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Definitions:

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A nonparametric statistical test that assesses whether there are statistically significant differences between two or more groups of an independent variable on a continuous or ordinal dependent variable.

Crawling Ages

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Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis that proposes a difference or effect contrary to the null hypothesis in statistical testing.

Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test

A non-parametric method for comparing two related samples, matched pairs, or repeated measurements on the same sample to evaluate if their population mean ranks are different.