Aclient admitted to the cardiac care unit after a myocardial infarction develops shortness of breath, tachycardia, and a cough with frothy, pink-tinged sputum. which breath sound will the nurse expect when assessing this client?

Course rales.

Explanation:

Myocardial infarction may be defined as the medical condition in which the heart do not receive blood supply in the particular part. This might effect the heart muscle and the death of an individual.

Course rales are the brief, popping sound that are mainly experienced in the case of myocardial infarction. The client might develop the sputum that reflects the breath sounds by the accumulation of the fluid in the lungs. This might cause the heart failure as well.

Thus, the correct answer is course rales.

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