A patient with a flail chest is experiencing pendelluft. Which of the following would be expected in a patient with a flail chest with pendelluft?
1. Hypoventilation
2. Hypertension
3. Cyclical deeper and then more shallow breathing
4. Rebreathing dead-space gas
a. 1, 4
b. 1, 3
c. 2, 3, 4
d. 1, 2, 3, 4
A
Pendelluft is the movement of air from one lung to the other and results in hypoventilation and the rebreathing of dead-space gas.
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