Question 23 - Respiratory Practice Test for the CCRN

A nurse is caring for an 85-year-old patient with stage IV lung cancer following a left pneumonectomy. Which of the following assessment findings would indicate a potential complication from the procedure?
Select all that apply.

A. fever
B. left-sided absent breath sounds
C. right-sided rales
D. left leg swelling and erythema
E. serosanguinous chest tube drainage