Multiple Choice
During assessment of a patient with chronic emphysema, the nurse recognizes that percussing the liver border below the right costal margin:
A) Can indicate liver cirrhosis
B) Indicates hepatomegaly
C) Requires immediate reporting of findings
D) Is an expected finding in this patient
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