Question

The nurse understands that clients with emphysema experience which pathophysiologic change in the alveolar sacs?

Answer 1

Emphysema is a chronic respiratory disease of alveoli. In this disease the walls of the alveoli is damaged.
The nurse understands that the client with emphysema experiences DAMAGE IN THE FIBERS OF THE ALVEOLAR WALL. Destruction of the alveoli takes place in this disease.