A Teenage Patient Comes to the Emergency Department with Complaints

Multiple Choice

A teenage patient comes to the emergency department with complaints of an inability to "breathe and a sharp pain in my left chest." The assessment findings include the following: cyanosis,tachypnea,tracheal deviation to the right,decreased tactile fremitus on the left,hyperresonance on the left,and decreased breath sounds on the left.This description is consistent with:

A) bronchitis.
B) a pneumothorax.
C) acute pneumonia.
D) an asthmatic attack.