When performing a respiratory assessment on a patient, the nurse notices a costal angle of approximately 90 degrees. What should the nurse recognize about this finding? Group of answer choices A normal finding in a healthy adult. An expected finding in a patient with a barrel chest. Indicative of pectus excavatum. Observed in patients with kyphosis.
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