A nurse is assessing a male client with chronic airflow limitations and notes that the client has a barrel chest. The nurse interprets that this client has which of the following forms of chronic airflow limitations?
The client with emphysema has hyperinflation of the alveoli and flattening of the diaphragm. These lead to increased anteroposterior diameter, referred to as barrel chest. The client also has dyspnea with prolonged expiration and has hyperresonant lungs to percussion.
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