NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Neurological Disorders Questions
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Question 1 of 5
The client diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD) is being admitted with a fever and patchy infiltrates in the lung fields on the chest x-ray. Which clinical manifestations of PD would explain these assessment data?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Difficulty swallowing and immobility (
B) in PD increase aspiration risk, leading to pneumonia, which presents as fever and lung infiltrates. Other manifestations are less directly related to pulmonary complications.
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