A Clinician Unsuccessfully Tried to Take the Pulse of a Patient

question 90

Multiple Choice

A clinician unsuccessfully tried to take the pulse of a patient who is suffering from an asthma attack in the ER. The patient's breath sounds are diminished to absent bilaterally with a BP of 110 mm Hg systolic and 90 mm Hg diastolic. What can be concluded about this patient's condition?
1) Abdominal paradox is present.
2) Lung hyperinflation is present.
3) Pulsus paradoxus is present.
4) Pulse pressure is greater than 30 mm Hg.

• A)2 and 3 only
• B)1 and 2 only
• C)2 only
• D)1, 3, and 4 only

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