A client with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is admitted with worsening dyspnea. On inspection, the nurse notes barrel chest, pursed-lip breathing, and use of accessory muscles. Which of the following assessment findings would the nurse most likely document next?

Select the option that best fits the expected respiratory assessment for a patient with chronic COPD.

1. A Hyperresonance on percussion across both lung fields
2. B Dullness on percussion over the affected lobe with diminished breath sounds
3. C Crackles on auscultation of the lower lobes bilaterally, worse on inspiration
4. D Bronchial breath sounds over the peripheral lung fields with egophony