Question # 53

A patient develops sudden dyspnea, unilateral pleuritic chest pain, and tachycardia five days after major orthopedic surgery. The nurse’s highest-priority diagnostic suspicion is:

Options:

A.

Simple atelectasis

B.

Pulmonary embolism

C.

Anxiety

D.

Community-acquired pneumonia only

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